System and method for preventing loss of personal items
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1. A system for preventing misplacement or loss of personal items, the system comprising:
- a master communication device that automatically and repeatedly transmits at least one signal over a transmission range; and
at least two slave communication devices, each of the at least two slave communication devices configured to be associated with a respective personal item and to communicate periodically with the master communication device, wherein at least one of the master and slave communication devices generates a notification alerting a user that at least one of the at least two slave communication devices has been separated from the master communication device by greater than a predetermined distance.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for preventing misplacement of personal items. The invention comprises a master communication device that automatically and repeatedly transmits at least one signal over a transmission range, and at least two slave communication devices, each of which are configured to be associated with a respective personal item and to communicate periodically with the master communication device. At least one of the master and slave communication devices generates a notification alerting a user that at least one of the at least two slave communication devices has not received the signal.
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1. A system for preventing misplacement or loss of personal items, the system comprising:
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a master communication device that automatically and repeatedly transmits at least one signal over a transmission range; and
at least two slave communication devices, each of the at least two slave communication devices configured to be associated with a respective personal item and to communicate periodically with the master communication device, wherein at least one of the master and slave communication devices generates a notification alerting a user that at least one of the at least two slave communication devices has been separated from the master communication device by greater than a predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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14. A method for preventing misplacement of personal items, the method comprising:
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automatically and repeatedly transmitting at least one signal over a transmission range to a plurality of slave communication devices;
associating each of the plurality of slave communication devices with a respective personal item;
communicating periodically between the master communication device and the slave communication devices; and
generating a notification alerting a user that at least one of the at least two slave communication devices has not received the signal.
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