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Location history access for lost tracking device

  • US 10,111,032 B2
  • Filed: 11/11/2015
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for locating a tracking device comprising:

  • receiving, at a mobile device from the tracking device, a communication;

    in response to receiving the communication, determining, by the mobile device, a first location of the mobile device using a location-detection component and a signal strength of the communication;

    providing, from the mobile device to a tracking server, an identity of the tracking device, the determined first location, and a first presence indicator indicating a connection between the tracking device and the mobile device, the tracking server configured to store the determined first location and the first presence indicator in association with the identity of the tracking device;

    in response to a determination that the connection between the mobile device and the tracking device has been severed, activating a location-detection functionality of the mobile device;

    determining, by the mobile device, a second location of the mobile device using the activated location detection functionality;

    providing, from the mobile device to the tracking server, the identity of the tracking device, the determined second location, and a second presence indicator indicating the lack of a connection between the tracking device and the mobile device, the tracking server configured to store the determined second location and the second presence indicator in association with the identity of the tracking device; and

    in response to receiving the determined first location, the first presence indicator, the determined second location, and the second presence indicator from the tracking server, displaying, by the mobile device, a map interface showing a first plurality of previous locations of the mobile device while the mobile device was connected to the tracking device and a second plurality of previous locations of the mobile device after the connection between the mobile device and the tracking device has been severed, the first plurality of previous locations of the mobile device including the determined first location and the second plurality of previous locations of the mobile device including the determined second location, the map interface further including a first visual indication identifying each of the first plurality of previous locations and indicating that for each of the first plurality of previous locations, the mobile device was connected to the tracking device, and the map interface further including a second visual indication identifying each of the second plurality of previous locations and indicating that for each of the second plurality of previous locations, the mobile device was not connected to the tracking device.

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