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Mobile phone locator

US8412226B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2008
Grant dateApr 2, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M19/04
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for locating a misplaced mobile phone, including receiving, by a mobile phone, a transmitted message, identifying, by the mobile phone, the transmitted message as being an alert request, and in response to the identifying, generating, by the mobile phone, an alert. A mobile phone is also described and claimed.

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