System for personal possessions security
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1. A system for protecting personal possessions comprising:
- a portable communication device having incorporated therein security device detection circuitry, location identification circuitry, and wireless communication circuitry; and
a security device attached to an object and capable of being detected by said security device detection circuitry.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of using those systems to secure and track personal possessions are disclosed. Generally, such systems comprise a portable communication device having incorporated therein security device detection circuitry, location identification circuitry, and wireless communication circuitry, and a security device attached to the object to be secured and capable of being detected by the security device detection circuitry. Also, methods of retrofitting existing electronic devices to function in accordance with the present invention by providing a replacement battery are also described.
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1. A system for protecting personal possessions comprising:
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a portable communication device having incorporated therein security device detection circuitry, location identification circuitry, and wireless communication circuitry; and
a security device attached to an object and capable of being detected by said security device detection circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for tracking personal possessions comprising:
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an RFID device attached to an object to be tracked; and
a portable communication device including— an RFID reader, circuitry capable of determining the location of said communication device using either terrestrial or non-terrestrial signals, apparatus for wirelessly transmitting information about said object and the location of said communication device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for protecting personal possessions comprising:
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a credit card including an RFID device; and
a portable communication device having incorporated therein an RFID reader capable of detecting said RFID device, location identification circuitry for determining the position of said portable communication device, and wireless communication circuitry for transmitting information about said credit card and the location of said communication device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for protecting personal possessions comprising:
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providing an object including a security device;
activating security device detection circuitry contained within a portable communication device for detecting the presence of said security device; and
if said security device detection circuitry detects said security device, said portable communication device waits a predetermined length of time and attempts to detect said security device again, or if said security device detection circuitry fails to detect said security device, location identification circuitry contained within said portable communication device determines the location of said communication device using either terrestrial or non-terrestrial signals. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for tracking personal possessions of a user comprising:
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associating an object with an RFID device that is attached thereto;
attempting to detect said RFID device using a portable communication device including an RFID reader; and
if said RFID reader detects said RFID device, said portable communication device pauses for a predetermined time period and attempts to detect said RFID device again, or if said RFID reader does not detect said RFID device— said portable communication device determines its location using location identification circuitry contained within said portable communication device, and alerts the user of said detection failure and prompts the user to either confirm said detection failure or instruction said communication device to ignore said detection failure, if said user confirms said detection failure or fails to confirm or fails to instruct said communication device to ignore said detection failure, wireless communication circuitry contained within said portable communication device transmits data regarding said object and the location of said portable communication device at the time of detection failure to a central computer system. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for protecting personal possessions comprising:
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providing a credit card including an RFID device;
attempting to detect said RFID device using an RFID reader built in to a portable communication device; and
if said RFID reader fails to detect said RFID device, location identification circuitry built in to said portable communication device determines the location of said portable communication device at the time of detection failure. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of retrofitting an electronic device having a battery for tracking personal possessions of a user, said device not originally manufactured with personal possession tracking capability, said method comprising:
replacing the battery of the electronic device with a replacement battery comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of security device detection circuitry, location identification circuitry, wireless communication circuitry, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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