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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Dave MacLean, Orlando, FL (US);
John R. Parron, Winter Garden, FL (US);
James Lee Egger, Valrico, FL (US);
Mangesh Patil, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Megha Vyas, Troy, MI (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for use in locating a sought device such as a smartphone or smart communication device. The system includes a sought device communicatively linked to a communications network. The sought device uses locating technologies to determine an approximate location of the sought device and operates to trigger a locating session and to transmit a message over the communications network including the approximate location. The system includes a seeker device communicatively linked to the communications network operable to receive a message over the communications network including the approximate location of the sought device. The sought device scans for broadcasts from the seeker device, and the seeker device broadcasts a wireless message. The sought device receives the wireless message, determines a signal strength, and transmits the signal strength to the seeker device. The seeker device processes the signal strength to generate an indicator of a location of the sought device.