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Patent No.:

US 12309661 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2024

Tracking device operation in safety-classified zone

Applicant:

Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arunkumar Puppala, Fremont, CA (US);

Liuyin Cheng, San Mateo, CA (US);

Wayne Patterson, Burlingame, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:

Fenwick & West LLP

Primary Examiner:

William Nealon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 8/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/12 (2009.01); H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/0205 (2013.01); G01S 5/0294 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 12/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/00 (2013.01); H04W 8/10 (2013.01); H04W 8/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.

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