Personal items network, and associated methods
US8688406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/33
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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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