Patent ID: 8095150

Claim:
A method for mobile device operation, the method comprising: identifying, by a mobile communication device, a location associated with the mobile communication device; determining, by the mobile communication device, whether a time period has transpired indicative of the mobile communication device being motionless; identifying, by the mobile communication device, a subsequent location associated with the mobile communication device when it is determined that the time period has transpired indicative of the mobile communication device being motionless; comparing, by the mobile communication device, the location with the subsequent location; determining, by the mobile communication device, whether the mobile communication device has not changed locations for a predetermined time period based on the comparing; identifying, by the mobile communication device, that the mobile communication device is lost when it is determined that the mobile communication device has not changed locations for the predetermined time period; and initiating, by the mobile communication device, a communication to a recipient, wherein the communication includes the subsequent location of the mobile communication device.