ADJUSTING SECURITY LEVEL OF MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OTHER MOBILE DEVICES NEARBY
Patent №
US 8,095,112
Granted
2012-01-10
Filed 2008
Owner
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12196083
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for adjusting security status on a mobile device, the method comprising: collecting security-related contextual information which includes information of nearby mobile devices and/or the geographic location of the intelligent mobile device; evaluating a threat level based on the collected security-related contextual information; invoking a security policy; and adjusting the security status of the mobile device based on the threat level and the security policy.
AI classification
Ownership
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
assignment · 214250672
Assignors
CHOW, RICHARD, GOLLE, PHILIPPE J. P., STADDON, JESSICA N.
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