Patent ID: 8836510

Claim:
A device, comprising: a component configured such that when the device learns that the device has been lost, the device produces at least one alert that includes at least one of: a flashing of a camera flash component on the device; a flashing of a display screen on the device; upon the device detecting that the device is in a location with a wireless Internet connection, a transmission of a message to a target device associated with the detected location; and upon the device detecting that the device has moved, an emission of a visible or audible signal, wherein the device learns that the device has been lost without receiving a message indicating that the device has been lost, wherein the device learns that the device has been lost by at least one of: the device determining by means of a positioning system that the device has not moved for a period of time longer than a pre-specified period of time, and determining that the device is not in a location where a lack of movement of the device is considered likely; the device determining by a lack of detected sound that the device is in an unoccupied location, and determining by means of the positioning system that the device is not in a location that is considered likely to be unoccupied; the device detecting a sound associated with a location where the device is unlikely to be located; and the device failing for a pre-specified length of time to detect a sound associated with a location where the device is likely to be located.