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Item locator

  • US 9,977,936 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2016
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2016
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for tracking and retrieving an item having an electromagnetic frequency signature, the method comprising:

  • obtaining, using a processor system of a device, an electromagnetic frequency signature of an item;

    identifying the item associated with the obtained electromagnetic frequency signature, a location of the device, and a time the item is identified;

    recording the identity of the item associated with the electromagnetic frequency signature, the location of the device, and the time the electromagnetic frequency signature is obtained for associating the item with the location of the device; and

    storing the recorded location of the item in a remote storage;

    wherein the device is a mobile apparatus comprising a processor and a memory in data communication with the processor, and a global positioning system (GPS) configured to generate information related to a current location of the mobile apparatus and the processor, and wherein the memory stores at least one application computer program configured for controlling the processor for obtaining the electromagnetic frequency signature of the item, the application computer program querying a user via the display to associate a name for the item with the obtained electromagnetic frequency signature;

    wherein a plurality of electromagnetic frequency signatures have been identified and associated with a plurality of items and wherein the method further includes determining that the user has enabled the device for obtaining the electromagnetic frequency signatures of a plurality of items previously identified and automatically updating the location of the previously identified item when the electromagnetic frequency signature corresponding to the previously identified item is obtained after the electromagnetic frequency signature is initially obtained, and wherein the location of the items stored in the remote storage are automatically updated when the device automatically updates the location previously identified items;

    wherein the device includes a display having a strength of signal indicator configured to display a strength of the electromagnetic frequency signature of the item relative to a position of the device using a plurality of bars that are selectively activated depending on the strength of the electromagnetic frequency signature of the item when tracking the item; and

    wherein the display of the device displays the recorded location and the time the electromagnetic frequency signature was obtained when retrieving the item.

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