Alert for real-time risk of theft or loss

摘要

Devices, methods, systems and a computer readable medium for the provision of alerts to electronic devices in response to real-time, location based analysis of the risk of theft or loss of such devices are provided. A continually updated database of locations of thefts, losses and/or stolen or lost electronic devices is accessed in order to provide the alerts to the electronic devices.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of determining whether to alert a user of a monitored electronic device regarding risk of theft, the method comprising:
determining a location of the monitored electronic device; retrieving location data associated with other monitored electronic devices; determining a zone for assessing a theft risk associated with the location of the monitored electronic device, wherein determining the zone comprises determining a zone size based at least partly on the retrieved location data associated with the other monitored devices; and determining, based at least partly on location data associated with reported thefts of the monitored electronic devices, whether to alert the user of a theft risk level associated with location; said method performed programmatically by a computerized system.