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US 12,217,588 B2Granted
Systems and methods for locating discarded tracking devices
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorsJoseph P. Newell, Michael Cooke, Arthur P. Newsome, Alan L. Soxman, Manit Guragain, Todd M. Bloemendaal
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for locating and aiding in the recovery of discarded tracking devices.
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A method for recovering a discarded tracking device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a target monitor device, a message including a defined wake-up time;
- storing, by the target monitor device, the defined wake-up time;
- entering, by the target monitor device, a low level power mode, wherein in the low level power mode the target monitor device maintains a timer;
- and
- upon the timer indicating the defined wake-up time has arrived, causing an alert circuit to generate an alert signal.
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A system for recovering a discarded tracking device, the system comprising:
- a target monitor device including:
- a processing resource;
- an alert circuit;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the processing resource, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the processing resource to:
- receive a message including a defined wake-up time;
- store the defined wake-up time;
- enter a low level power mode, wherein in the low level power mode the target monitor device maintains a timer;
- and
- upon the timer indicating the defined wake-up time has arrived, causing the alert circuit to generate an alert signal.
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A system for recovering a discarded tracking device, the system comprising:
- a central monitoring system, the central control system including:
- a first processing resource;
- and
- a first non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the first processing resource, wherein the first non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that when executed by the first processing resource cause the first processing resource to:
- receive a request for target monitor device recovery, wherein the request for target monitor device recovery includes a defined wake-up time;
- and
- send a message including the defined wake-up time to a target monitor device;
- the target monitor device, the target monitor device including:
- a second processing resource;
- an alert circuit;
- and
- a second non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the second processing resource, wherein the second non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that when executed by the second processing resource cause the second processing resource to:
- receive the message including the defined wake-up time;
- store the defined wake-up time;
- enter a low level power mode, wherein in the low level power mode the target monitor device maintains a timer;
- upon the timer indicating the defined wake-up time has arrived, transition to an additional power mode that includes causing the alert circuit to generate an alert signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.