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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Houman Forood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Omar Zakaria, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Justin Lee, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gilbert Gallardo, Los Altos, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for performing asset and user tracking. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) device or hub ('IoT device/hub') comprising authorized user detection logic to detect a security IoT device of a user in wireless proximity to the IoT device/hub, the IoT device/hub to be affixed or integrated within a data processing asset; location detection logic to determine a current location of the IoT device/hub based on signals received from one or more wireless devices within its wireless range; wherein the authorized user detection logic is to arm the location detection logic upon detecting that the security IoT device has moved out of wireless proximity to the IoT device/hub; and wherein the location detection logic is to generate an alert and/or notification after being armed by the authorized user detection logic upon detecting that the IoT device/hub has moved outside of a designated protected location, the alert and/or notification being transmitted from the IoT device/hub to an IoT service.