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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
M2md Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Charles M. Link, II, Atlanta, GA (US);
M2MD Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A tracking device is configured to monitor a parameter, such as battery state or cellular network signal strength, and cause a component of the tracking device to enter a sleep state when a monitored parameter value satisfies a sleep state criterion. Before entering a sleep state, which may comprise a long-range wireless transceiver being turned off, one or more final messages may be emitted that indicate the location of the tracking device before, or at, entering of the sleep state. While in a sleep state, the tracking device may emit a low power beacon, which may be emitted in different formats at different transmission of the beacon. The different beacons may be emitted according to a configured pattern.