Locating a mobile device and notifying a user of the mobile device location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10887724-B2
Application number	US-201916400125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2019
Priority date	May 1, 2019
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

A method, a computing system, and a computer program product are provided. At least one processor receives a location of a mobile device. The location of the mobile device is compared to a location of an operator of a vehicle used to transport a user of the mobile device. In response to the vehicle reaching a destination and the location of the mobile device being within a threshold distance of the operator of the vehicle for a threshold amount of time, one or more from a group of the user of the mobile device, the operator of the vehicle, and a third party indicated by the user are notified, via the at least one processor, regarding the mobile device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of locating a mobile device comprising:
monitoring, via at least one processor, location information of a vehicle received from a vehicle location reporting device included in the vehicle used to transport a user of the mobile device to a destination, the at least one processor being remotely located from the vehicle, wherein the user of the mobile device is a passenger in the vehicle prior to reaching the destination;
monitoring, via the at least one processor, location information of the mobile device received from the mobile device for up to a threshold amount of time after the vehicle reaches the destination;
comparing, via the at least one processor, the received location information from the vehicle with the received location information from the mobile device to determine whether the mobile device remained within a threshold distance of a location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination;
in response to the determining that the mobile device remained within the threshold distance of the location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination, notifying, via the at least one processor, one or more from a group of the user of the mobile device, an operator of the vehicle, and a third party indicated by the user regarding the mobile device;
tendering payment, via the at least one processor, for delivery of the mobile device to a location associated with the user; and
analyzing, via the at least one processor, a schedule of the operator with respect to use of the vehicle and determining a time to deliver the mobile device based on the schedule.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notifying the third party enables communication between the operator and the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notifying the user further comprises:
transmitting a communication to the user including contact information for the operator.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
authorizing, via the at least one processor, a fee for delivery of the mobile device to the location associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a vehicle for hire.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an on-demand vehicle for hire via a user computing device.

7. A computing system for executing a service for a user of a mobile device to determine a location of the mobile device, the computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
monitor location information of a remotely located vehicle received from a vehicle location reporting device included in the vehicle used to transport the user of the mobile device to a destination, wherein the user of the mobile device is a passenger in the vehicle prior to reaching the destination;
monitor location information of the mobile device received from the mobile device for up to a threshold amount of time after the vehicle reaches the destination;
compare the received location information from the vehicle with the received location information from the mobile device to determine whether the mobile device remained within a threshold distance of a location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination;
in response to the determining that the mobile device remained within the threshold distance of the location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination, notify one or more from a group of the user of the mobile device, the operator of the vehicle, and a third party indicated by the user regarding the mobile device;
tender payment to the operator of the vehicle to deliver the mobile device to a location associated with the user; and
analyze a schedule of the operator with respect to use of the vehicle and determine a time to deliver the mobile device based on the schedule.

8. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor being configured to notify the third party enables communication between the operator and the user.

9. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor being configured to notify the user further comprises:
the at least one processor being configured to transmit a communication to the user including contact information for the operator.

10. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
authorize a fee for delivery of the mobile device to the location associated with the user.

11. A computer program product for a user of a mobile device to determine a location of the mobile device, the computer program product comprising at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on at least one processor of a computing device, the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processor to:
monitor location information of a remotely located vehicle received from a vehicle location reporting device included in the vehicle used to transport the user of the mobile device to a destination, wherein the user of the mobile device is a passenger in the vehicle prior to reaching the destination;
monitor location information of the mobile device received from the mobile device for up to a threshold amount of time after the vehicle reaches the destination;
compare the received location information from the vehicle with the received location information from the mobile device to determine whether the mobile device remained within a threshold distance of a location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination;
in response to the determining that the mobile device remained within the threshold distance of the location of the vehicle for the threshold amount of time after reaching the destination, notify one or more from a group of the user of the mobile device, the operator of the vehicle, and a third party indicated by the user regarding the mobile device;
tender payment to the operator of the vehicle to deliver the mobile device to a location associated with the user; and
analyze a schedule of the operator with respect to use of the vehicle and determine a time to deliver the mobile device based on the schedule.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computer readable program code is further configured to be executed by the at least one processor to:
authorize a fee for delivery of the mobile device to the location associated with the user.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the vehicle is an on-demand vehicle for hire via a user computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processor to notify the user further comprises the computer readable program code being further configured to be executed by the at least one processor to:
transmit a communication to the user including contact information for the operator.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Tkac Vincent
• Rice Joshua M
• Myers Andrew C

Classifications

• G06Q20/3224

  Transactions dependent on location of M-devices · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• G06Q20/325

  using wireless networks · CPC title

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title