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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Andrew E. Levi, Plano, TX (US);
ASAP Software Express, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A user contracts for service with an operations center ( ) in order to provide monitoring and tracking services for a plurality of devices ( ). After contracting for service, the operations center provides an agent ( ) for download by a user to one or more of the user's devices ( ) for which the user has contracted for service. The agent is installed on the devices associated with the user's sites and communicates with the operations center. A listening process ( ) at the operations center listens for periodically sent beacon packets ( ) generated by a monitored device ( ). Using location indicators included with the beacon packets and generated by an agent ( ) on the monitored device, the operations center provides notifications ( ) to a handler regarding the location of the monitored device if the monitored device is reported as stolen. A tracking response ( ) may be communicated to the monitored device to take special actions when the device is stolen and to update the agent and other portions of the monitored device.