XCB tracking devices, methods and systems
US12412465B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
XCB poly-radio devices as finders, locators, scanners, sensors, and Bluetooth (BT) radio topology reporters as part of a global lost-and-found services system. XCB devices function as “smart objects” and combine dual transceivers operating in the telecommunications and the low power ISM radio spectra, with default power management overrides under local control of the BT modem. “Familiar zones” are defined, and a “familiarity index” versus a “strangeness index” based on meta-analysis of BT radio contact logs are used to assign location. Location, in concert with other sensor data, is coupled to conditional logic rules programmable by the user or the system administrator. Locations, determined by monitoring familiar and unfamiliar BT radio topology, trigger executable commands to smartphones, to smart devices generally, and to remote machines, and can for example, generate alerts to a user if radiotagged assets, children or pets have strayed, are lost, or are left behind. When tied to cloud predictive services or increased edge computing capacity, incipient loss of radiotag objects can be detected before an owner knows the smart object is lost. In another embodiment, XCB devices havi…
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