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Systems and methods for locating a tracking device

  • US 9,961,498 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2017
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for locating a tracking device comprising:

  • displaying, by a first mobile device of a community of mobile devices, an interface identifying one or more tracking devices, each mobile device in the community of mobile devices including a tracking device application, the tracking device application configured to, when a mobile device in the community of mobile devices moves within a threshold proximity of a tracking device of the one or more tracking devices, automatically;

    detect a communication from the tracking device;

    detect a location of the mobile device; and

    provide the detected location of the mobile device and an identity of the tracking device to a central server;

    receiving, from a user of the first mobile device, a request to locate a first of the one or more tracking devices;

    in response to the first tracking device being communicatively coupled to the first mobile device, configuring, by the first mobile device, the first tracking device to emit a sound; and

    in response to the first tracking device not being communicatively coupled to the first mobile device;

    displaying, by the first mobile device, a map interface;

    receiving, by the first mobile device from the central server, a location representative of a last known location of the first tracking device, the last known location provided to the central server by a second mobile device of the community of mobile devices, the second mobile device configured to automatically detect the last known location of the first tracking device and to provide the last known location to the central server in response to moving within a threshold proximity of the first tracking device; and

    modifying, by the first mobile device, the map interface to illustrate the last known location of the first tracking device.

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