JACKET LOCATOR
First Claim
1. A locator system for electronic devices comprising:
- at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier; and
a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of said at least one jacket, comprising;
a positioning system for identifying a location of the wireless communicator;
a clock for identifying a date &
time;
a log manager, coupled with said positioning system and with said clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry comprising (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by said positioning system, and (iii) a date &
time as identified by said clock; and
a controller coupled with said log manager for notifying said log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event,wherein said log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from said controller.
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Abstract
A locator system for electronic devices including at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier, and a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of the at least one jacket, including a positioning system for identifying a location of the wireless communicator, a clock for identifying a date & time, a log manager, coupled with the positioning system and with the clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry including (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by the positioning system, and (iii) a date & time as identified by the clock, and a controller coupled with the log manager for notifying the log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event, wherein the log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from the controller. A method is also described and claimed.
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38 Claims
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1. A locator system for electronic devices comprising:
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at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier; and a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of said at least one jacket, comprising; a positioning system for identifying a location of the wireless communicator; a clock for identifying a date &
time;a log manager, coupled with said positioning system and with said clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry comprising (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by said positioning system, and (iii) a date &
time as identified by said clock; anda controller coupled with said log manager for notifying said log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event, wherein said log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from said controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A locator method, comprising:
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maintaining a history log for a wireless communicator that attaches to at least one jacket, each jacket having a unique identifier, the history log comprising a plurality of entries and each entry comprising (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location, and (iii) a date &
time;monitoring the wireless communicator for detection of occurrence of a log trigger event; and in response to detection of occurrence of a log trigger event, adding a new entry to the history log. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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