Patent ID: 8402134
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for locating lost or stolen electronic devices, the method comprising: deploying a software agent on a first mobile electronic device; receiving by the software agent a message from a remote server, the message including an identifier of a lost or stolen electronic device; operating the first mobile electronic device, by the software gent, as an open wireless access point that creates an open wireless network accessible to one or more second collocated mobile electronic devices including lost or stolen electronic devices; using the received device identifier to search by the software agent on the open wireless network created by the first mobile electronic device, for the lost or stolen electronic device among a plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network; if the lost or stolen electronic device is located among the plurality of second mobile electronic devices connected to the open wireless network, collecting by the software agent information about the located lost or stolen electronic device; and transmitting by the software agent the collected information to one of the remote server or an owner of the lost or stolen electronic device.