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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph Baird, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicholas LaVassar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher Moore, North Bend, WA (US);
Parag Garg, Woodinville, WA (US);
Deepti Busireddy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Manish Singh, Issaquah, WA (US);
T-MOBILE USA, INC., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for tracking an item of interest using a plurality of user equipment that can communicate with a tracking device that is configured to attach to the tracked item. The techniques include: storing a unique tracking device identifier corresponding to a tracking device associated with a first user equipment; receiving a location information of the tracking device from a second user equipment in response to the second user equipment receiving a tracking device signal transmitted by the tracking device, the tracking device signal comprising the location information of the tracking device and the unique tracking device identifier corresponding to the tracking device; authenticating the second user equipment to facilitate communication between the second user equipment and the tracking device; and transmitting the location information of the tracking device to the first user equipment.