US 12,225,433 B2
Tracking device functionality restriction in a lost context
Dan Danknick, Prescott, AZ (US)
Assigned to Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/622,731.
Application 18/622,731 is a continuation of application No. 17/540,073, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,974,190.
Application 17/540,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/515,523, filed on Jul. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,223,927, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 16/515,523 is a continuation of application No. 15/862,491, filed on Jan. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,405,144, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0244398 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/37 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/37 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for disabling a feature of a tracking device, comprising:
determining, by a tracking server, that the tracking device is lost, the tracking server configured to determine that the tracking device is lost based at least in part in response to determining that a mobile device associated with the tracking device has not communicatively coupled to the tracking device for more than a threshold amount of time, the tracking device comprising a camera with one or more camera functions and one or more wireless communication functions;
in response to determining that the tracking device is lost, disabling, by the tracking server, one or more of the camera functions of the tracking device using a disable signal sent to the tracking device via a second mobile device within a communicative range of the tracking device;
in response to a passage of a second threshold interval of time after determining that the tracking device is lost without communicatively coupling to the mobile device, disabling, by the tracking server, one or more of the wireless communication functions tracking device; and
in response to subsequently communicatively coupling to the mobile device, automatically enabling, by the tracking server, all disabled camera functions and communication functions of the tracking device.