公开(公告)号：US11032669B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16248331

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Baird ,  Nicholas LaVassar ,  Christopher Moore ,  Parag Garg ,  Deepti Busireddy ,  Manish Singh

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04W76/14 ,  G08B21/24

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for tracking an item of interest using a plurality of user equipment that can communicate with a tracking device that is configured to attach to the tracked item. The techniques include: storing a unique tracking device identifier corresponding to a tracking device associated with a first user equipment; receiving a location information of the tracking device from a second user equipment in response to the second user equipment receiving a tracking device signal transmitted by the tracking device, the tracking device signal comprising the location information of the tracking device and the unique tracking device identifier corresponding to the tracking device; authenticating the second user equipment to facilitate communication between the second user equipment and the tracking device; and transmitting the location information of the tracking device to the first user equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20200228925A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16248331

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Baird ,  Nicholas LaVassar ,  Christopher Moore ,  Parag Garg ,  Deepti Busireddy ,  Manish Singh

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  G08B21/24 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for tracking an item of interest using a plurality of user equipment that can communicate with a tracking device that is configured to attach to the tracked item. The techniques include: storing a unique tracking device identifier corresponding to a tracking device associated with a first user equipment; receiving a location information of the tracking device from a second user equipment in response to the second user equipment receiving a tracking device signal transmitted by the tracking device, the tracking device signal comprising the location information of the tracking device and the unique tracking device identifier corresponding to the tracking device; authenticating the second user equipment to facilitate communication between the second user equipment and the tracking device; and transmitting the location information of the tracking device to the first user equipment.