T-mobile Usa, Inc.

Gavin Feuer

Parag Kumar Garg

Joseph Baird

Christopher Painter

Nicholas LaVassar

Barry Butterklee

Todd Mason

Yasha Li

Dhruv Chadha

Techniques and examples pertaining to a tracking method using a two-component tracking device are described. The tracking device includes two components paired with one another: a first component that is specific to a subject the tracking device is intended to track, and a second component that is generic. The second component is capable of establishing a wireless connection with a cellular network, as well as collecting location information of the second component itself. The tracking method involves receiving from the cellular network a set of requirements associated with the subject, and triggering an action based on the set of requirements and the location information collected. The tracking method enables tracking of multiple subjects without a pairing mistake. Namely, a mismatch between multiple subjects to be tracked and multiple tracking devices intended to track the subjects can be avoided.

Modular tracking device

A central IoT controller is described for conserving power resources of mobile IoT devices. Specifically, the central IoT controller is configured to at least monitor power reserves of mobile IoT devices, and in response to detecting that a power reserve has fallen below a predetermined threshold, generate computer-executable instructions that adjust configuration settings of the mobile IoT devices to conserve a remaining power reserve. The central IoT controller may modify a check-in interval for mobile IoT devices, configure the transmission of data communications via more power-efficient communication protocols, or reduce the number of active sensors on the mobile IoT device based on proximity to a trusted geolocation or a trusted device. Further, data communications may be rerouted via a proximate trusted device or other proximate mobile IoT device, in response to such device providing an efficiency with respect to available communication protocols.

Optimizing power resources for interconnected mobile IOT devices

Optimizing power resources for interconnected mobile IoT devices

Techniques are described herein for tracking an item of interest by implementing a search party that includes a plurality of user equipment. The technique includes receiving, from a first user equipment, a lost notification indicating that a tracking device associated with a target item is lost, the first user equipment paired with the tracking device and the tracking device having a unique tracking device identifier; obtaining a location information corresponding to a second user equipment in response to receiving the lost notification; determining based at least partially on the location information of the second user equipment whether the second user equipment is available to participate in a search party; and if the second user equipment is available to participating in the search party, transmitting a search request to the second user equipment to locate the target item, the search request comprising the unique tracking device identifier.

Location-based wireless tracking

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Gavin Feuer