Patent 9900733 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on February, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Search and recovery is performed for a lost or stolen mobile device. When the mobile device is lost or stolen, the mobile device may transmit a recovery signal for receipt by another device. If an acknowledgment is received, the mobile device confirms discovery by sending its current location. Moreover, seeker devices may be conscripted to search for the lost or stolen mobile device.