Locator for finding lost or misplaced objects
First Claim
1. A method for locating a remotely located missing object, comprising:
- attaching object to a locator device;
interrogating the locator device from a mobile cell phone device by utilizing a specific computer program, fixed in a media, wherein a telephony enabled computer server is activated via an http signal from the mobile cell phone device and wherein the locator is called by telephony;
utilizing a locator device wherein the locator device includes a mobile phone like transceiver, known in the arts, and a very small global positioning satellite chip;
responding to the telephony enabled computer server, the locator device turns on the global positioning satellite chip, receiving position location information from the global positioning satellite and transmitting said information back to the telephony enabled computer server together with the locator device'"'"'s unique identification;
receiving back global positioning satellite determined latitude and longitude information and locator'"'"'s device unique identification, the telephony enabled computer server, checking its registered users database with the registered users locator device unique identification, then initiates a call, voice and/or text, to the users registered iPhone or iPhone-like mobile phone (i.e., specific computer program fixed in a media enabled); and
prompting the user to log on to an interne computer workstation, utilizing user'"'"'s unique account identification access wherein user views a scalable map with missing object'"'"'s global positioning coordinates marked.
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Abstract
A network based method and system (apparatus) for locating remote objects which have become lost, misplaced or stolen. An iPhone-like “application” interrogates a low duty cycle locator device with a transceiver and GPS chip. The user is alerted via phone message (call and/or text). The locator device is interrogated via a telephony capable computer server. The user checks on a website to view a map with the coordinates of the missing object displayed. An automatic computer-based method of interrogating the locator allows for extremely small duty cycles (milliseconds) while a missing location may become available every minute, five minutes, or ten minutes, for example.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for locating a remotely located missing object, comprising:
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attaching object to a locator device; interrogating the locator device from a mobile cell phone device by utilizing a specific computer program, fixed in a media, wherein a telephony enabled computer server is activated via an http signal from the mobile cell phone device and wherein the locator is called by telephony; utilizing a locator device wherein the locator device includes a mobile phone like transceiver, known in the arts, and a very small global positioning satellite chip; responding to the telephony enabled computer server, the locator device turns on the global positioning satellite chip, receiving position location information from the global positioning satellite and transmitting said information back to the telephony enabled computer server together with the locator device'"'"'s unique identification; receiving back global positioning satellite determined latitude and longitude information and locator'"'"'s device unique identification, the telephony enabled computer server, checking its registered users database with the registered users locator device unique identification, then initiates a call, voice and/or text, to the users registered iPhone or iPhone-like mobile phone (i.e., specific computer program fixed in a media enabled); and prompting the user to log on to an interne computer workstation, utilizing user'"'"'s unique account identification access wherein user views a scalable map with missing object'"'"'s global positioning coordinates marked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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9. A system (apparatus) for locating a remotely located missing object, comprising:
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a locator device attachable to a potentially missing object; a mobile cell phone device having a specific computer program, fixed in a media, wherein an activatable a telephony enabled computer server is activated via an http signal from the mobile cell phone device and wherein the locator is called by telephony; a locator device wherein the locator device includes a mobile phone like transceiver, known in the arts, and a very small global positioning satellite chip; the activatable telephony enabled computer server wherein the server activates the locator device which turns on the global positioning satellite chip, the chip having received position location information from the global positioning satellite and transmitted said information back to the telephony enabled computer server together with the locator device'"'"'s unique identification; global positioning satellite determined latitude and longitude information and locator'"'"'s device unique identification having been received by the telephony enabled computer server, wherein said server checks its registered users database with the registered users locator device unique identification, then initiates a call, voice and/or text, to the user'"'"'s registered iPhone or iPhone-like mobile phone (i.e., specific computer program fixed in a media enabled); and a scalable map with missing object'"'"'s global positioning coordinates marked, wherein said scalable map is viewed by the user having been prompted by the user to log on to an internet computer workstation, utilizing user'"'"'s unique account identification access wherein user views.
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