Jacket locator

US8258960B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Eyal Bychkov · Hod HaSharon, IL
• Tal Engelstein · Ramat Gan, IL
• Yair Leshem · Nes Ziona, IL
• Uri Ron · Herzliya, IL
• Ron Levy · Savyon, IL
• Hagit Perry · Herzliya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A locator system for electronic devices including at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier, and a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of the at least one jacket, including a positioning system for identifying a location of the wireless communicator, a clock for identifying a date & time, a log manager, coupled with the positioning system and with the clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry including (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by the positioning system, and (iii) a date & time as identified by the clock, and a controller coupled with the log manager for notifying the log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event, wherein the log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from the controller. A method is also described and claimed.