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Tracking device operation in risk-classified zone

  • US 10,244,351 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2018
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for locating a tracking device, comprising:

  • receiving, by a central tracking system from a mobile device, a location of the tracking device, the mobile device configured to provide the location of the tracking device to the central tracking system in response to receiving a communication from the tracking device;

    determining, by the central tracking system, that the tracking device is located within a high risk zone in response to the received location being located within a geographic boundary associated with the high risk zone, wherein a probability that the tracking device is lost when located within the high risk zone is greater than when not located within the high risk zone; and

    in response to determining that the tracking device is located within the high risk zone, providing, by the central tracking system, an instruction to the mobile device to configure the tracking device to operate in a high risk zone mode, and wherein the mobile device is configured to configure the tracking device to operate in the high risk zone mode in response to receiving the instruction.

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