System and methods which use low wireless data bandwidth consumption for tracking wandering devices
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the system comprising:
- a tracking functionality operative for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and
an interface with said wandering devices operative to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality,wherein said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the system comprising a tracking functionality operative for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and an interface with the wandering devices operative to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to the tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the system comprising:
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a tracking functionality operative for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and an interface with said wandering devices operative to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality, wherein said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13)
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9. A method for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the method comprising:
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providing a tracking functionality which uses a processor for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and using a processor to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality, wherein said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the method comprising:
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providing a tracking functionality which uses a processor for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and using a processor to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality, wherein said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently.
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14. A system for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the system comprising:
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a tracking functionality operative for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and an interface with said wandering devices operative to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality, wherein said location information transmitted more frequently and said location information transmitted less frequently both include information sampled at the same rate such that said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. A method for monitoring locations of each of a population of wandering devices, each having localizing functionality, the method comprising:
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providing a tracking functionality which uses a processor for monitoring locations of each of the population of wandering devices and accordingly, providing location information which characterizes individual wandering devices from among said population, via a viewing functionality, to corresponding end-users registered in respective association with the wandering devices; and using a processor to command that location information regarding at least one individual wandering device be transmitted to said tracking functionality more frequently if at least one individual end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto a viewing functionality and less frequently if no end-user registered in respective association with the individual wandering device is logged onto the viewing functionality, wherein said location information transmitted more frequently and said location information transmitted less frequently both include information sampled at the same rate such that said location information transmitted less frequently includes wandering device location samples transmitted to said tracking functionality in larger groups than said location information transmitted more frequently. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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