Tracking device system
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1. A system comprising:
- a) one or more mobile tracking devices, each tracking device including an alarm apparatus, one or more sensors for outputting sensor output information, and a microcontroller-transmitter configured to broadcast a bluetooth radio transmission, the transmission containing identification information for identifying the tracking device, sensor information corresponding to an electrical signal output of the one or more sensors (sensor output information), and having no location or motion information derived by the tracking device from a GPS signal;
b) one or more mobile control apparatus, each control apparatus having a processor, bluetooth transceiver, GPS receiver, user interface, memory, and one or more executable functions, wherein the control apparatus is configured with an application having program instructions in memory, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the control apparatus to;
(i) receive and generate a record of a bluetooth transmission received from any of the one or more tracking devices; and
,(ii) display a user interface (application user interface) configured to program one or more conditional rules that pair a customizable trigger condition having any of time and location information, range information, sensor output information, or button click information as a condition or conditions with the one or more executable functions of the smartphone (paired executable function) such that if a transmission received from an identified tracking device contains information that satisfies a conditional rule, then the smartphone executes the paired executable function or functions of the conditional rule.
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In a tracking device 10, a crescent-shaped PCB 12 partially encircles a battery 15 to minimize thickness of the device 10. A speaker 23 and an LED 24 emit alerts upon command of a control apparatus 37 or in response to motion or temperature sensed by sensor 25. A local network 40 has one hub 41 to tracking devices 33 and a wider area network 45 has multiple hubs for more detailed tracking of devices 33. A wide area network 50 tracks devices anywhere and stores data of each tracking device including its last known position and its sensor data.
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1. A system comprising:
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a) one or more mobile tracking devices, each tracking device including an alarm apparatus, one or more sensors for outputting sensor output information, and a microcontroller-transmitter configured to broadcast a bluetooth radio transmission, the transmission containing identification information for identifying the tracking device, sensor information corresponding to an electrical signal output of the one or more sensors (sensor output information), and having no location or motion information derived by the tracking device from a GPS signal; b) one or more mobile control apparatus, each control apparatus having a processor, bluetooth transceiver, GPS receiver, user interface, memory, and one or more executable functions, wherein the control apparatus is configured with an application having program instructions in memory, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the control apparatus to; (i) receive and generate a record of a bluetooth transmission received from any of the one or more tracking devices; and
,(ii) display a user interface (application user interface) configured to program one or more conditional rules that pair a customizable trigger condition having any of time and location information, range information, sensor output information, or button click information as a condition or conditions with the one or more executable functions of the smartphone (paired executable function) such that if a transmission received from an identified tracking device contains information that satisfies a conditional rule, then the smartphone executes the paired executable function or functions of the conditional rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a) one or more mobile tracking devices, each tracking device including (i) a motion sensor, an alarm apparatus, and a microcontroller-transmitter configured to broadcast a bluetooth radio transmission including identification information for identifying the tracking device and motion sensor output information corresponding to the electrical signal output of the motion sensor, the transmission having no transmitted location or range information derived by the tracking device from a GPS signal; (ii) a single action multifunction input button configured to send a signal representative of a button click (click signal) to the microcontroller-transceiver each time the button is clicked; b) one or more smartphones, each smartphone having a processor with bluetooth transceiver, GPS receiver, memory and one or more executable functions, wherein the smartphone is configured with an application having program instructions in memory, wherein the program instructions, when executed on a processor of the smartphone, cause the smartphone to (i) receive and generate a record of a bluetooth radio transmission from any one of the one or more identified tracking devices; (ii) enter into the record of the transmission received, a time, a location determined by a GPS location functionality of the smartphone, and a range information determined by the smartphone for the radio distance between the identified tracking device and the smartphone; (iii) transmit to a cloud server the identification information, the time and location, the range information, and the received motion sensor output information for each transmission received from an identified tracking device; (iv) display a user interface (application user interface) configured to program one or more conditional rules that pair a customizable trigger condition having any of time and location information, range information, motion sensor output information, or button click information as a condition or conditions with the one or more executable functions of the smartphone (paired executable function) such that if a transmission received from an identified tracking device contains information that satisfies a conditional rule, then the smartphone executes the paired executable function or functions of the conditional rule. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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