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US 12,750,637 B2Granted
Systems and methods for establishing monitored individual location via a tracking device associated with the monitored individual using intermittent, mobile connection to non-associated devices
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorsDuke Hanson, Ric Miller, Todd Bischoff
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for locating a tracking device involving selective use of non-associated devices.
Claims20
A method for tracking, the method comprising:
- monitoring an operational status of a monitoring device to yield at least a first operational status of the monitoring device;
- based at least in part on the first operational status of the monitoring device, enabling a non-associated device-based location processing in the monitoring device, wherein the non-associated device-based location processing includes:
- communicating a data set identifying the monitoring device to a non-associated device within communication range of the monitoring device, wherein a location of the non-associated device is used as a proxy for a location of the monitoring device;
- and
- reporting the location of the non-associated device as a location of the monitoring device to a recipient device.
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A tracking system, comprising:
- a monitoring device associated with a monitored individual, wherein the monitoring device includes:
- a non-associated device-based location processing circuit;
- a direct location processing circuit, wherein the direct location processing circuit is selected from a group consisting of:
- a satellite-based location processing circuit, and WiFi based location processing circuit;
- a processor;
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- a computer readable medium having stored therein instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- monitor an operational status of the monitoring device to yield at least a first operational status of the monitoring device;
- based at least in part on the first operational status of the monitoring device, enable the non-associated device-based location processing circuit in the monitoring device, wherein the non-associated device-based location processing circuit is configured to:
- communicate a data set identifying the monitoring device to a non-associated device within communication range of the monitoring device, wherein a location of the non-associated device is used as a proxy for a location of the monitoring device;
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- rely upon the non-associated device to report a location of the non-associated device as a location of the monitoring device to a recipient device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.