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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:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Pierre-Marie Lévêque, San Francisco, CA (US);

Wayne Patterson, Burlingame, CA (US);

Arunkumar Puppala, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01); G08B 21/0272 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method includes periodically transmitting, by a community device of a plurality of community devices, and to a tracking system server, an updated location of a tracking device based on a last time a location of the tracking device was provided to the tracking system server, and receiving, by the community device, and from the tracking system server, a request for a location of a tracking device indicated as being lost. The method further includes determining, by the community device, and based on the request, whether the tracking device indicated as being lost is within a proximity of the community device, and transmitting, by the community device, and to the tracking system server, an additional updated location of the tracking device based on whether the tracking device indicated as being lost is within the proximity of the community device.


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