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Lost tracking device configuration

  • US 10,008,097 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/2016
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying a tracking device as lost, comprising:

  • transmitting, by a tracking device configured to operate in a normal operating mode, a first plurality of communications identifying the tracking device at a first frequency;

    receiving, at the tracking device, a physical input from a finder of the tracking device indicating that the tracking device may be lost;

    responsive to receiving the physical input, configuring the tracking device to operate in a lost operating mode; and

    responsive to being configured to operate in the lost operating mode, transmitting, by the tracking device, a second plurality of communications identifying the tracking device at a second frequency greater than the first frequency, the second plurality of communications comprising at least one communication identifying the tracking device as lost.

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