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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2020
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 67/55 (2022.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01);
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

In one embodiment, a method includes providing, by a tracking system, an application associated with the tracking system configured to cause a computing device to determine and send a location associated with a tracking device and an identity of the tracking device in response to the computing device receiving a signal from the tracking device. The method includes receiving, by a tracking system server, from a first computing device executing the application associated with the tracking system, a location associated with the tracking device and the identity of the tracking device. The method includes receiving, by the tracking system server from a second computing device, a request to locate the tracking device. The method includes providing, by the tracking system server to the second computing device, the location associated with the tracking device received from the first computing device.


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