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Power preservation through motion-activated location reporting

  • US 10,021,516 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2017
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing, by a tracking device to a mobile device, a request for a location of the tracking device, the request signal identifying the tracking device, the mobile device configured to activate a location-detection component of the mobile device in response to receiving the request, to determine the location of the mobile device, to provide the determined location of the mobile device in association with the identity of the tracking device to a central tracking system, and to de-activate the location-detection component of the mobile device after the determined location of the mobile device is provided to the central tracking system;

    in response to detecting, by a motion-detection component of the tracking device, movement of the tracking device, providing a second request for a location of the tracking device to the mobile device, the second request identifying the tracking device and further indicating the detected movement of the tracking device, the mobile device configured to determine a second location of the mobile device and to provide the determined second location of the mobile device in association with the identity of the tracking device; and

    in response to not detecting, by the motion-detection component of the tracking device, movement of the tracking device, halting further requests from the tracking device for a location of the tracking device until one of movement of the tracking device is detected and the passage of a pre-determined interval of time.

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