Issuing Remote Commands to Tracking Devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a first computing device and from a second computing device, a tracking signal;
• sending, by the first computing device and to a tracking system server, a notification that the first computing device has received the tracking signal from the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the tracking system server, an instruction for the second computing device, wherein the instruction for the second computing device comprises an instruction relating to a feature of the second computing device;
• attempting, by the first computing device, to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• after determining that the first computing device is unable to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device, sending, by the first computing and to the tracking system server, a response message indicating that the first computing device is unable to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the tracking system server, a request to retransmit the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, the instruction for the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the second computing device, acknowledgement of the instruction for the second computing device;
• and
• sending, by the first computing device and to the tracking system server, a response message indicating that the second computing device has acknowledged the instruction for the second computing device.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first computing device, cause the first computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a first computing device and from a second computing device, a tracking signal;
• sending, by the first computing device and to a tracking system server, a notification that the first computing device has received the tracking signal from the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the tracking system server, an instruction for the second computing device, wherein the instruction for the second computing device comprises an instruction relating to a feature of the second computing device;
• attempting, by the first computing device, to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• after determining that the first computing device is unable to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device, sending, by the first computing and to the tracking system server, a response message indicating that the first computing device is unable to send the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the tracking system server, a request to retransmit the instruction for the second computing device to the second computing device;
• sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, the instruction for the second computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device and from the second computing device, acknowledgement of the instruction for the second computing device;
• and
• sending, by the first computing device and to the tracking system server, a response message indicating that the second computing device has acknowledged the instruction for the second computing device.