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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:

Intrepid Networks, Llc, Clermont, FL (US);

Inventors:

Brittin Kane, Clermont, FL (US);

Joshua Witter, Orlando, FL (US);

Assignee:

Intrepid Networks, LLC, Clermont, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0247 (2013.01); G08B 21/0277 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining location of a person relative to a vehicle. A first device comprising a Bluetooth transceiver is associated with the person, and a second device comprising a Bluetooth transceiver is associated with the vehicle. The method includes determining whether the strength of a signal received by one device from the other device via has diminished below a predetermined level, in which case a notification is provided to a computer system via wireless data communication that the status has changed from a first link status wherein the first device is within a predeterminable distance from the second device to a second link status wherein the first device is beyond the predeterminable distance from the second device.


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