US 11,750,752 B2
Wireless location tracking tag for monitoring real time location-tracking apparatus for an electronic device
Fritz Francis Ebner, Pittsford, NY (US); Matthew Dylan Coene, Ontario, NY (US); Aaron Zachary Borden, Pittsford, NY (US); and Matthew David Levesque, Henrietta, NY (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,931.
Application 17/456,931 is a division of application No. 16/878,753, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,245,799.
Application 16/878,753 is a continuation of application No. 16/253,347, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,694,053, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086288 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00315 (2013.01) [H04N 1/32117 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04N 2201/0037 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0049 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0072 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3207 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for tracking the location of a target electronic device, the system comprising:
a backend electronic device; and
a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the backend electronic device to:
receive, from a wireless location tag that is communicatively coupled to a port of the target electronic device, one or more association instructions comprising identifying information associated with the target electronic device and tag identifying information associated with the wireless location tag,
in response to receiving the one or more association instructions, store at least a portion of the identifying information in association with at least a portion of the tag identifying information,
receive one or more ping messages from the wireless location tag, wherein each ping message comprises location information indicating a current location of the wireless location tag, the current location having been determined by the wireless location tag, and
associate at least a portion of the location information with the at least a portion of the identifying information associated with the target electronic device.