US 12,217,588 B2
Systems and methods for locating discarded tracking devices
Joseph P. Newell, Louisville, CO (US); Michael Cooke, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); Arthur P. Newsome, Arvada, CO (US); Alan L. Soxman, Thornton, CO (US); Manit Guragain, Thornton, CO (US); and Todd M. Bloemendaal, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to BI Incorporated, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by BI Incorporated, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,816.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,167, filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267813 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/3209 (2019.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/023 (2013.01) [G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/0233 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for recovering a discarded tracking device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a target monitor device, a message including a defined wake-up time;
storing, by the target monitor device, the defined wake-up time;
entering, by the target monitor device, a low level power mode, wherein in the low level power mode the target monitor device maintains a timer; and
upon the timer indicating the defined wake-up time has arrived, causing an alert circuit to generate an alert signal.