PERSONAL ITEMS NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
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Abstract
A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.
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30 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising:
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linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22)
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23. A personal item in communication with a plurality of other personal items, comprising:
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a receiver operative to receive broadcast communications from at least one of the plurality of other personal items; and a processor operative to; determine that a communication is no longer received from the at least one of the plurality of other personal items at a particular time; determine the current location of the personal item; and retain the determined current location and the particular time. - View Dependent Claims (24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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