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First Claim
1. A communication system, comprising:
- a radio transceiver chip configured to be attached to an item, the item being one of an object and a person; and
a radio transceiver incorporated into a mobile station configured to communicate with the transceiver chip by transmitting a communication signal to the transceiver chip, the mobile station including a camera configured to photograph the item to obtain a photograph, wherein the transceiver chip attached to the item and the mobile station communicate to determine a relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip,a deviation exceeding a threshold value in the relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip from a specified relative or absolute location value stored or received at the mobile station is indicated by the mobile station to a user of the mobile station, andthe mobile station being configured to associate the photograph of the item is associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item, the photograph of the item being associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item by the mobile station automatically transmitting an association signal to the transceiver chip attached to the item when the camera photographs the item and produces the photograph of the item, andassociating the transmitted association signal, or a response to the transmitted association signal by the radio transceiver chip, with the photograph of the item.
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Abstract
A mobile phone connected to a fleet of radio transceiver chips that can be individually identified by the mobile station, which automatically are associated with a photo when the phone camera is used in proximity. The transceiver chips have a small loudspeaker, vibrator and/or light emitter for producing an alarm, and the transceiver chip also can determine and send back its location to the mobile phone. The mobile phone deduces its location by GPS or triangulation, and has an application which can be programmed to check the location of items given predetermined criteria are met, or upon user request. For example the mobile phone can be used to program luggage lists, and check whether everything is with the user at a time. The best mode involves typically a smartphone with relevant application software and RFID tags enhanced by light emitter, loudspeaker and/or vibrator and adhesive.
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24 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a radio transceiver chip configured to be attached to an item, the item being one of an object and a person; and a radio transceiver incorporated into a mobile station configured to communicate with the transceiver chip by transmitting a communication signal to the transceiver chip, the mobile station including a camera configured to photograph the item to obtain a photograph, wherein the transceiver chip attached to the item and the mobile station communicate to determine a relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip, a deviation exceeding a threshold value in the relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip from a specified relative or absolute location value stored or received at the mobile station is indicated by the mobile station to a user of the mobile station, and the mobile station being configured to associate the photograph of the item is associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item, the photograph of the item being associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item by the mobile station automatically transmitting an association signal to the transceiver chip attached to the item when the camera photographs the item and produces the photograph of the item, and associating the transmitted association signal, or a response to the transmitted association signal by the radio transceiver chip, with the photograph of the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication method, comprising:
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associating a photograph of an item to which a radio transceiver chip is attached, by a mobile station, with the transceiver chip attached to the item, the photograph being obtained by a camera provided at the mobile station, the photograph of the item being associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item by the mobile station automatically transmitting an association signal to the transceiver chip attached to the item when the camera photographs the item and produces the photograph of the item, and associating the transmitted association signal, or a response to the transmitted association signal by the radio transceiver chip, with the photograph of the item; transmitting a communication signal, from the mobile station having a transceiver incorporated therein configured to communicate with the transceiver chip, to the transceiver chip, the transceiver chip attached to the item and the mobile station communicating with each other to determine a relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip; and indicating, by the mobile station to a user of the mobile station, a deviation exceeding a threshold value in the relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip from a specified relative or absolute location value stored or received at the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a software program product configured to cause a processing device to execute a method, the method comprising:
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associating a photograph of an item to which a radio transceiver chip having radio transceiver chip software is attached, by a mobile station, with the transceiver chip attached to the item, the photograph being obtained by a camera provided at the mobile station, the photograph of the item being associated with the transceiver chip attached to the item by the mobile station automatically transmitting an association signal to the transceiver chip attached to the item when the camera photographs the item and produces the photograph of the item, and associating the transmitted association signal, or a response to the transmitted association signal by the radio transceiver chip, with the photograph of the item; transmitting a communication signal, from the mobile station having radio transceiver software configured to communicate with the transceiver chip, to the transceiver chip, the transceiver chip software attached to the item and the mobile station communicating with each other to determine a relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip, indicating, by the mobile station to a user of the mobile station, a deviation exceeding a threshold value in the relative or absolute location of the transceiver chip from a specified relative or absolute location value stored or received at software at the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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Specification