CPC G08B 21/24 (2013.01) [G08B 21/0252 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01); G08B 21/0288 (2013.01); G08B 25/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for locating a tracking device of a user, comprising:
receiving, by a tracking system from a mobile device, a location of the tracking device;
identifying, by the tracking system, a geographic boundary in which the location of the tracking device is located;
in response to determining, by the tracking system, that the geographic boundary corresponds to a safe zone, configuring the tracking device to operate in a first operating mode, wherein at the safe zone is only enabled between a predetermined starting time of a day and a predetermined ending time of the day, the predetermined starting time of the day and the predetermined ending time of the day selected based on historical times that the tracking device is located within the safe zone; and
in response to determining, by the tracking system, that the tracking device has crossed the geographic boundary or that the safe zone is disabled, configuring the tracking device to operate in a second operating mode.
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