Locating a lost device
US10068456B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2205/05
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
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