ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,547, issued on March 17, was assigned to ADAPTIVE MOBILE SECURITY Ltd. (Dublin).

"Identification of malicious activity based on analysis of travel path of a mobile device" was invented by Cathal Mc Daid (Dublin) and Giulio De Vecchi (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identification of malicious activity based on analysis of a travel path of a mobile device through multiple geographic areas includes receiving at least three location data associated with the mobile communication device, the first location data comprising indication of the geographic area of the mobile subscriber and a receipt timestamp; determining th...