US 11,943,680 B2
Access point queries for tracking device smart alerts
Steven R. Klinkner, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Josselin de la Broise, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/124,495.
Application 17/124,495 is a continuation of application No. 16/910,793, filed on Jun. 24, 2020, granted, now 10,904,711.
Application 16/910,793 is a continuation of application No. 16/530,829, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,735,909, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105580 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 64/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for locating a tracking device, comprising:
determining, by a mobile device, that the mobile device crossed from inside a geographic boundary associated with a location to outside the geographic boundary;
in response to 1) crossing the geographic boundary and to 2) determining that the mobile device is not communicatively coupled to the tracking device, querying, by the mobile device, a tracking server configured to identify one or more devices currently located within the geographic boundary and query the identified one or more devices to determine if any of the one or more devices are currently communicatively coupled with the tracking device; and
in response to receiving an indication from the tracking server that one of the queried devices is currently communicatively coupled to the tracking device, displaying, by the mobile device, a notification 1) indicating that the tracking device was left at the location, 2) indicating a location within the geographic boundary that the at least one queried device to which the tracking device is communicatively coupled is located, and 3) including text indicating a reason why the tracking device is thought to be left behind.