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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Ength Degree, San Diego, CA (US);
Arie Trouw, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Ength Degree, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a communications link between an owner of a lost article and a person that finds the lost article. The method includes detecting at a communication device of the person that finds the lost article, a beaconing signal generated by an electronic beacon device when the communication device is in proximity of the communication device. The beaconing signal is associated with an owner of the electronic beacon device. The communication device may transmit, to a server, location information and identification information inherent within the beaconing signal. The server may return one or more communication options enabling a user of the communication device to contact the owner of the electronic beacon device. Such communication options may comprise, for example, voice communication, video communication or communication via text message. In one embodiment the communication options enable communication to occur while maintaining the anonymity of the owner.