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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Curtis A. Vock, Boulder, CO (US);

Burl W. Amsbury, Boulder, CO (US);

Paul Jonjak, Lafayette, CO (US);

Adrian F. Larkin, Essex, GB;

Perry Youngs, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/08 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01G 19/44 (2006.01); G01G 23/00 (2006.01); G01G 23/37 (2006.01); G01P 1/12 (2006.01); G01P 3/50 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G07C 1/10 (2006.01); G07C 1/24 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G01L 1/04 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01); G01B 21/16 (2006.01); G01P 3/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/00 (2010.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/16 (2006.01); A63B 69/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A43B 3/0005 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/22 (2013.01); A61B 5/4866 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6807 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01); A63B 24/00 (2013.01); G01B 21/16 (2013.01); G01C 21/16 (2013.01); G01G 19/44 (2013.01); G01G 23/00 (2013.01); G01G 23/3728 (2013.01); G01L 1/04 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01P 1/127 (2013.01); G01P 3/00 (2013.01); G01P 3/50 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/0891 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01S 1/08 (2013.01); G01S 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G07C 1/10 (2013.01); G07C 1/24 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); G08G 9/00 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/1122 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 5/7242 (2013.01); A61B 2503/04 (2013.01); A61B 2503/10 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0285 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A63B 69/004 (2013.01); A63B 69/0028 (2013.01); A63B 69/16 (2013.01); A63B 69/26 (2013.01); A63B 2208/12 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.


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