The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Timothy Pfafman, Truckee, CA (US);
Roger Hayward, Long Beach, CA (US);
Richard Fuller, Gilroy, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Pfafman, Truckee, CA (US);
Roger Hayward, Long Beach, CA (US);
Richard Fuller, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
3SI Security Systems, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is provided for selectively providing an alert to a user of a tracked asset in an asset recovery system. The method includes activating a tracking device on the tracked asset to generate a report, evaluating the report and a condition based on a home location assigned to the tracking device for generating an alert, creating the alert based on the evaluation of the condition and the report, and sending the alert to the user.