# US 2022/0036715 A1 · Distributed security system using position tracking > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036715 A1 - Document ID: US20220036715A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/503,458 - Filed: 2021-10-18 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-29 - Inventors: Jerry M. Miniard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036715A1 ## CPC - G08B 21/0227: {System arrangements with a plurality of child units} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G08B 21/0261: {System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden} - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - G08B 13/1965: {the vehicle being an aircraft} - G08B 21/0269: {System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS} - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A security system comprising: a first device configured to: determine a position of the first device, determine if the position of the first device causes a violation of a threshold condition, and in response to the position of the first device causing the violation of the threshold condition, transmit a first signal; and a second device in communication with the first device and configured to: receive the first signal, and move toward the position of the first device in response to the violation of the threshold condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the position of the second device is determined with respect to the position of the first device, or with respect to a fixed position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the threshold condition comprises the first device being outside of a first predetermined area, crossing a virtual boundary, being within a second predetermined area, being more than a predetermined distance from the second device, or movement of the first device in combination with the first device being more than the predetermined distance from the second device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the predetermined distance from the second device is determined based at least in part on whether the first device is in a safe zone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the second predetermined area is downloaded from a database of prohibited areas from which the first device is to be excluded. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the second device is an electronic device carried by a user of the first device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first device is one of a plurality of first devices in communication with the second device, and the second device moves toward the position of the first device in response to receiving the first signal from any of the first devices. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first device is configured to collect environmental data in response to the violation of the threshold condition. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the environmental data includes an image of an area proximate to the first device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the second device comprises an autonomous robot. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first signal includes instructions for responding to the first signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein, in response to not receiving a confirmation signal from the second device within a response interval, the first device transmits the first signal to a third device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first device transmits the first signal to the second device through a network. ### Claim 14 A method of securing a device or an asset attached thereto, the method comprising: determining, by a first device, a position of the first device; determining, by the first device, if the position of the first device causes a violation of a threshold condition; in response to the position of the first device causing the violation of the threshold condition, transmitting, by the first device, a first signal to a second device; and in response to the violation of the threshold condition, causing the second device to move toward the position of the first device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the first device is one of a plurality of first devices in communication with the second device, and the second device moves toward the position of the first device in response to receiving the first signal from any of the first devices. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: collecting, by the first device, environmental data in response to the violation of the threshold condition. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the second device comprises an autonomous robot. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: in response to not receiving a confirmation signal from the second device within a response interval, transmitting the first signal to a third device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the first device transmits the first signal to the second device through a network. ### Claim 20 A computer program product for securing a device or an asset attached thereto, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing program code that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to: determine a position of a first device; determine if the position of the first device causes a violation of a threshold condition; in response to the position of the first device causing the violation of the threshold condition, transmit a first signal to a second device; and in response to the violation of the threshold condition, move the second device toward the position of the first device.