Internet pet tracking system
First Claim
1. A computerized system for locating a lost or stolen pet wherein a system subscriber maintains a remote computer terminal, said system comprising:
- a web host connected to the Internet network, said web host having a computer readable medium;
a location unit for being carried by the pet for calculating the location of the pet at any given time; and
a computer program having instructions embodied in computer readable code residing on said web host for receiving a tracking request from the subscriber, transmitting a tracking call to said location unit, receiving back location data from said location unit representing the current position of the pet automatically in response to said tracking request, and transmitting the location data to said subscriber whereby the location of the pet is displayed at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal.
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Abstract
A system for deterring and preventing theft of a pet from a system subscriber who affixes a location unit to the pet whose theft is to be deterred is disclosed wherein the location unit calculates the location of the pet at any given time. The system comprises a web host connected to a wide area web network, such as the Internet. The web host includes a computer readable medium and is accessible by the subscriber from a remote computer terminal. A computer program resides on the web host for receiving a tracking request from the subscriber and transmitting a tracking call to the location unit carried by the pet. The computer program includes instructions embodied in computer readable code for automatically transmitting the tracking call, receiving location data from the location unit in response to the tracking call, and transmitting the location data to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal where the current location of the pet is displayed. In other aspects of the invention, a method of deterring theft of pets from pet owners is disclosed wherein the owners have computer terminals with displays. The method includes automatically receiving a tracking request at a web host initiated at the owner'"'"'s terminal seeking the present location of a pet; transmitting a tracking call to a pet location unit in response to receiving the tracking request; receiving location data at the web host from the location unit in response to the tracking call; and transmitting the location data to the computer terminal of the owner for display of the current location of the pet on the owner'"'"'s terminal display.
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1. A computerized system for locating a lost or stolen pet wherein a system subscriber maintains a remote computer terminal, said system comprising:
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a web host connected to the Internet network, said web host having a computer readable medium;
a location unit for being carried by the pet for calculating the location of the pet at any given time; and
a computer program having instructions embodied in computer readable code residing on said web host for receiving a tracking request from the subscriber, transmitting a tracking call to said location unit, receiving back location data from said location unit representing the current position of the pet automatically in response to said tracking request, and transmitting the location data to said subscriber whereby the location of the pet is displayed at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for deterring and preventing theft of a pet from a system subscriber who affixes a location unit to the pet whose theft is to be deterred wherein said location unit calculates the location of the pet at any given time, said system comprising:
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a web host connected to the Internet network, said web host having a computer readable medium;
said web host being accessible by the subscriber from a remote computer terminal;
a computer program residing on said web host for receiving a tracking request from the subscribermitting a tracking call to the location unit carried by the pet; and
said computer program including instructions embodied in computer readable code for automatically transmitting said tracking call, receiving location data from the location unit in response to said tracking call, and transmitting the location data to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal where the current location of the pet is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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29. A computerized method of locating lost or stolen pets wherein subscribers have computer terminals with displays, said method comprising:
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providing a web host connectable to a plurality of the subscriber terminals concurrently over the Internet;
providing a plurality of location units for affixation to pets;
receiving a tracking request at said web host initiated at said subscriber'"'"'s terminal seeking the present location of a pet;
transmitting a tracking call to the location unit whose location is desired in response to receiving said tracking request;
receiving location data at said web host from the location unit representing the current location of the pet in response to said tracking call; and
transmitting said location data to the computer terminal of the subscriber for display of the current location of the pet on the subscriber'"'"'s terminal display. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A method of locating lost or stolen pets from and the like wherein the subscribers have computer terminals with displays, said method comprising:
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subscribing to a web host accessible from the subscriber terminal;
assigning a pet location unit to the pet to be located by physically attaching the location unit on the pet;
initiating a tracking request at said subscriber'"'"'s terminal which is transmitted to said web host whereby a tracking call is transmitted from said web host to the location unit assigned to the pet and location data representing the location of the pet is transmitted to said web host from the location unit; and
receiving said location data at on said subscriber'"'"'s terminal and displaying the location of the pet on the subscriber'"'"'s terminal display. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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