US 12,008,878 B2 · Distributed security system using position tracking

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products for securing a device or an asset attached thereto. The positions of a plurality of devices are monitored, and based on the positions, a determination is made as to whether a threshold condition has been violated. If the threshold condition has been violated, a notification signal is transmitted from a monitored device to one or more of the other devices to alert a responder that the monitored device is at risk of being lost. In response to the threshold condition being violated, the monitored device may also record and/or transmit data for display to the responder to help prevent the loss, or facilitate the recovery of the monitored device and/or an asset attached to the monitored device.

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Dependent claims

A method of determining a location of a first device relative to a second device using one or more of a plurality of communication protocols each having a maximum distance at which the communication protocol can be used to determine the location, comprising:

selecting a first communication protocol from the plurality of communication protocols;
and
until at least one of a strength of a signal is sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, or each of the plurality of communication protocols has been selected:
activating a module that implements the selected communication protocol,
determining if the strength of the signal received by the activated module is sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device using the selected communication protocol,
in response to the strength of the signal received by the activated module not being sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, selecting another communication protocol from the plurality of communication protocols, and
in response to the strength of the signal received by the activated module being sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, determining the location of the first device relative to the second device using the selected communication protocol.

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A system for determining a location of a first device relative to a second device using one or more of a plurality of communication protocols each having a maximum distance at which the communication protocol can be used to determine the location, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and including program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to:
select a first communication protocol from the plurality of communication protocols;
and
until at least one of a strength of a signal is sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, or each of the plurality of communication protocols has been selected:
activate a module that implements the selected communication protocol,
determine if the strength of the signal received by the activated module is sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device using the selected communication protocol,
in response to the strength of the signal received by the activated module not being sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, select another communication protocol from the plurality of communication protocols, and
in response to the strength of the signal received by the activated module being sufficient to determine the location of the first device relative to the second device, determine the location of the first device relative to the second device using the selected communication protocol.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Distributed security system using position tracking

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Abstract

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