US 12,120,516 B2
Dynamically enabling a security feature of a wireless communication device based on environmental context
Melanie A. King, Plantation, FL (US); Friedrich Bollmann, Birkenwerder (DE); Clarence Coffee, Pembroke Pines, FL (US); Divya Ramamoorthy, Cooper City, FL (US); and David Weygandt, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,373.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199496 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/12 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
an electronic processor configured to:
operate the wireless communication device in a first security mode of a plurality of available security modes, a frequency scanning feature and a frequency hopping feature of the wireless communication device being disabled in the first security mode,
evaluate one or more environmental context parameters associated with the wireless communication device, wherein the one or more environmental context parameters include a role of a user associated with the wireless communication device,
determine, based on the evaluated one or more environmental context parameters, whether communications of the wireless communication device are susceptible to a potential cyber-security threat, and
in response to determining the communications of the wireless communication device are susceptible to the potential cyber-security threat, transition the wireless communication device to a second security mode of the plurality of available security modes to determine whether the potential cyber-security threat is present, at least one selected from a group consisting of the frequency scanning feature and the frequency hopping feature being enabled in the second security mode.