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Locator beacon and radar application for mobile device

  • US 8,847,754 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2013
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • (a) a wireless communications component, configured to send and receive wireless signals such that the device is locatable via a wireless means;

    said wireless communications component including;

    (i) a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) module configured to measure signal strength of said wireless signal received at said wireless communications component,wherein the device is configured to be tracked by a mobile computing device (MCD) running a mobile application adapted to locate the device via said wireless means,wherein said mobile application includes a feature, wherein when the device is wirelessly coupled to said MCD, said mobile application displays a representation of the device on said MCD relative to a distance of the device from said MCD,wherein said distance of the device from said MCD is calculated by said mobile application using between one and three RSSI values, broadcast in a response signal from the device, and received at said MCD,wherein at least one of said RSSI values is included in a channel data field of said response signal,wherein said RSSI values are measured by said RSSI module receiving a Scan wireless signal from said MCD, andwherein said Scan wireless signal is broadcast over a plurality of channels and said RSSI module calculates which of said channels broadcasted a highest quality signal relative to said plurality of channels, and wherein a channel name of said channel which broadcasted said highest quality signal is included in a said channel data field of said response signal.

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