Method for locating a vehicle
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1. A computer-implemented method for locating a parked vehicle, comprising:
- communicating, by a mobile device, with a wireless beacon associated with a beacon location;
periodically retrieving current location coordinates, via a GPS receiver, for the current location of said GPS receiver and relaying the current location coordinates to said mobile device;
storing in a computer-readable medium, associated with said mobile device, the current location coordinates as the beacon location upon either losing connection to the wireless beacon or detecting, via said mobile device, a loss of power to said mobile device from a power supply of said vehicle; and
displaying an indicator on a display pointing in the direction of the beacon location from the current location.
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Abstract
Methods of locating a vehicle are disclosed. Location coordinates are received at regular intervals via a handheld locator device for the current location of the handheld locator device. The handheld locator device detects the cessation of the presence of the vehicle. The location coordinates last-received before the detection of the cessation of the presence of the vehicle are stored automatically, and represent the approximate location of the parked vehicle when the cessation of the presence of the vehicle is detected.
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1. A computer-implemented method for locating a parked vehicle, comprising:
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communicating, by a mobile device, with a wireless beacon associated with a beacon location; periodically retrieving current location coordinates, via a GPS receiver, for the current location of said GPS receiver and relaying the current location coordinates to said mobile device; storing in a computer-readable medium, associated with said mobile device, the current location coordinates as the beacon location upon either losing connection to the wireless beacon or detecting, via said mobile device, a loss of power to said mobile device from a power supply of said vehicle; and displaying an indicator on a display pointing in the direction of the beacon location from the current location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for navigating a mobile device to a beacon location, comprising:
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a wireless beacon associated the beacon location and in communication with the mobile device; a GPS receiver periodically providing a current location to the mobile device; the mobile device storing in a computer-readable medium the current location as the beacon location upon either losing connection to the wireless beacon or detecting a loss of power to said mobile device; and a display presenting an indicator pointing in a direction of the beacon location from the current location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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