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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas George Evans, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael George Farley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.