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Tool tracking system

  • US 10,368,186 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2017
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A signaling method for communicating and logging a location of an object, the method comprising:

  • transmitting repeatedly, by a beacon transmitter, a first beacon signal through a first number of transmission repetitions spaced at a first repeat interval;

    responsive to receiving the first beacon signal, activating, by an electronic processor of a personal wireless device, a dormant transmitter location logging application;

    withholding transmission, by the beacon transmitter, during a transition interval that occurs after completing the first number of transmission repetitions;

    transmitting repeatedly, by the beacon transmitter, a second advertising beacon signal through a second number of transmission repetitions at a second repeat interval;

    responsive to receiving the second advertising beacon signal, logging to a memory of the personal wireless device, an identifier of a beacon transmitter that transmitted the second advertising beacon signal;

    determining, by the personal wireless device, the location of the personal wireless device; and

    associating, in the memory of the personal wireless device, the location of the personal wireless device with the beacon transmitter identifier.

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