US 11,861,996 B2
Asset tracking and protection
Juan Abellanas Sanchez, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,857.
Application 17/831,857 is a continuation of application No. 16/865,792, filed on May 4, 2020, granted, now 11,354,989.
Application 16/865,792 is a continuation of application No. 16/170,240, filed on Oct. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,643,441, issued on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/576,864, filed on Oct. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292941 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 13/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/1427 (2013.01) [G08B 13/1436 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, over a short distance wireless network that was used to register a tracker and from the tracker that was in a default operation mode, a communication signal;
receiving, over a long distance wireless network and from the tracker that couples to an asset and sends communication signals with location information for the tracker, a message that comprises location information of the tracker and indicates that the tracker is operating in a first operation mode different from the default operation mode for the tracker;
in response to receiving the message that comprises the location information of the tracker and indicates that the tracker is operating in the first operation mode different from the default operation mode for the tracker, determining a likely location of the tracker using the location information of the tracker included in the message; and
sending, to a device within a threshold distance of the likely location of the tracker, a command to cause the device to monitor the likely location of the tracker.