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Luggage tracking method and apparatus

  • US 9,439,164 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2014
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for determining the location of a piece of luggage, comprising:

  • providing a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) device attached to the luggage to be tracked;

    providing a mobile device to be carried by a user;

    providing a host HLR (Home Location Register) platform having programmable rule-set database parameters including rule-set driven pro-active data gathering, analysis, and historical data analytics store-and-forward purposes;

    wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating with the HLR platform and requesting the HLR platform query the GSM device;

    wherein the HLR platform is able to determine the location of the GSM device and the mobile device;

    wherein the HLR platform is able to activate and deactivate the GSM device using the database parameters;

    wherein the HLR platform disables the GSM device if the GSM device is traveling above a predetermined speed calculated by comparing changes in the time it takes a signal to travel from one or more cell sites to the GSM device.

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