Mobile Telephone Dog Training Tool and Method
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Abstract
A mobile telephone adapts to use as a gundog training tool by interfacing with a dog collar using a wireless communication device, such as a WWAN text or IP interface, a WLAN interface or a radio transceiver that couples to the mobile telephone and is accessible to a training application running on the mobile telephone. The dog collar includes a GPS receiver to provide position information to the mobile telephone and a shock device to provide training stimulus to the dog. A wireless headset interfaces with the mobile telephone to provide audible indications of position to an end user, such as a dog point and tone indicators of directions to the dog. A wireless handset interfaces with the mobile telephone to accept inputs for application to the collar, such as training stimulus.
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40 Claims
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21. A dog training tool comprising:
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a mobile computing device having a display and a WPAN interface; a collar adapted to couple to a dog, the collar having a GPS receiver and a wireless communication module operable to communicate GPS positions of the GPS receiver by a wireless radio signal; an adapter having a WPAN interface operable to communicate with the mobile computing device WPAN interface and a wireless communication module operable to communicate with the wireless radio signal; and a training application stored in memory of the mobile computing device and operable to execute on a processor of the mobile computing device, the training application operable to retrieve the GPS positions from the adapter through the WPAN interface and to present the GPS positions at a display of the mobile computing device; wherein the training application configures the collar to transmit GPS positions in a first manner and a second manner, the second manner automatically applied instead of the first manner based upon one or more predetermined conditions. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for communicating position information from a dog collar to a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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determining position information with a GPS receiver at the collar; sending the position information in a first predetermined manner with a wireless radio signal; detecting a predetermined condition; and in response to the predetermined condition, sending the position information in a second predetermined manner. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A tracking device comprising:
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a processor; a GPS receiver interfaced with the processor and operable to determine a position of the tracking device; a wireless communication device interfaced with the processor, the wireless communication device operable to communicate the position determined by the GPS receiver to a mobile computing device with a wireless communication signal; and a WPAN device interfaced with the processor, the WPAN device operable to communicate with the mobile computing device through a WPAN interface; wherein the processor is operable to automatically turn off the wireless communication signal in response to one or more predetermined conditions, the one or more predetermined conditions including at least a determination that the WPAN device is in range to communicate the position to the mobile computing device through the WPAN interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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