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US 8,135,415 B2Granted
Integrated active tags in mobile devices
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAjay Malik, Robert Perri
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Abstract
Described are integrated active tags in a mobile device. The mobile device may include (a) a transceiver broadcasting a first location beacon when a capacity of a battery of the mobile device is above a predetermined threshold; and (b) a tag broadcasting a second location beacon when the capacity of the battery of the mobile device is below the predetermined threshold.
Claims8
A mobile device, comprising:
- a transmitter broadcasting a first location beacon when a capacity of a battery of the mobile device is above a predetermined threshold, wherein the first location beacon includes location data of the mobile device;
- and
- a tag broadcasting a second location beacon when the capacity of the battery of the mobile device is below the predetermined threshold, wherein the second location beacon also includes location data of the mobile device, and wherein the tag includes a dedicated power supply that is disconnected unless the capacity of the battery of the mobile device is below the predetermined threshold.
A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a first location beacon from a transmitter of a mobile device when a capacity of a battery of the mobile device is above a predetermined threshold, wherein the first location beacon includes location data of the mobile device;
- and
- broadcasting a second location beacon from a tag of the mobile device when the capacity of the battery of the mobile device is below the predetermined threshold, wherein the second location beacon also includes location data of the mobile device;
- and
- powering the tag with a dedicated power supply that is disconnected unless the capacity of the battery of the mobile device is below the predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.