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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
M2md Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Charles M. Link, Ii, Atlanta, GA (US);
M2MD Technology, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A battery-powered tracking device may comprise a processor and orientation sensors that generate orientation signals and provide them to a processor. The processor may use the orientation signals, or orientation values corresponding thereto, to determine whether or not the tracking device has moved during a configured no-change period relative to a baseline orientation that was determined before the no-change period. The no-change period may be selected to correspond to an amount of time during which the tracking device, or an item with which it is associated, such as a vehicle, tool, or shipping package, is not expected to move. If a determination is made during the no-change period that the tracking device has changed orientation, an alert may be sent to a tracking application to notify a user of the application that the tracking device may have been removed from the item with which is it associated.