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US 11,531,116 B2Granted
Methods and systems for detecting potential interference with a tracking device associated with a vehicle
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsBryant Elliott, Eric Berkobin
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Abstract
An exemplary method includes a monitoring system identifying a time period during which a vehicle equipped with a tracking device travels at least a threshold distance, determining that the tracking device fails to acquire a desired signal for a predetermined amount of time during the time period, and, in response to determining that the tracking device fails to acquire the desired signal, determining that the tracking device is potentially being interfered with during the time period by a signal jamming device.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- identifying, by a monitoring system, a time period during which a vehicle equipped with a tracking device travels at least a threshold distance;
- accessing, by the monitoring system, a global positioning system (GPS) signal acquired by the tracking device during the time period;
- identifying, by the monitoring system and based on the GPS signal, a first geographic location corresponding to a particular point of time included in the time period;
- accessing, by the monitoring system, a wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- applying, by the monitoring system, a triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- identifying, by the monitoring system based on the applying of the triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal, a second geographic location corresponding to the particular point in time included in the time period;
- determining, by the monitoring system, that the second geographic location is outside a predetermined distance from the first geographic location;
- and
- in response to determining that the second geographic location is outside the predetermined distance from the first geographic location, determining, by the monitoring system, that the tracking device is potentially being interfered with during the time period.
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A system comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
- identify a time period during which a vehicle equipped with a tracking device travels at least a threshold distance;
- access a global positioning system (GPS) signal acquired by the tracking device during the time period;
- identify, based on the GPS signal, a first geographic location corresponding to a particular point of time included in the time period;
- access a wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- apply a triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- identify, based on the applying of the triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal, a second geographic location corresponding to the particular point in time included in the time period;
- determine that the second geographic location is outside a predetermined distance from the first geographic location;
- and
- in response to determining that the second geographic location is outside the predetermined distance from the first geographic location, determine that the tracking device is potentially being interfered with during the time period.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, direct a processor of a computing device to:
- identify a time period during which a vehicle equipped with a tracking device travels at least a threshold distance;
- access a global positioning system (GPS) signal acquired by the tracking device during the time period;
- identify, based on the GPS signal, a first geographic location corresponding to a particular point of time included in the time period;
- access a wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- apply a triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal transmitted by the tracking device during the time period;
- identify, based on the applying of the triangulation heuristic to the wireless network signal, a second geographic location corresponding to the particular point in time included in the time period;
- determine that the second geographic location is outside a predetermined distance from the first geographic location;
- and
- in response to determining that the second geographic location is outside the predetermined distance from the first geographic location, determine that the tracking device is potentially being interfered with during the time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.