US 12,266,253 B2
Tracking tags
Lasse Juhani Laaksonen, Tampere (FI); Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi, Lempaala (FI); and Jussi Artturi Leppanen, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,837.
Claims priority of application No. 21190263 (EP), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039245 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 21/0266 (2013.01) [G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/0275 (2013.01); G08B 21/0277 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code,
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform:
detecting a tracking tag in proximity of a user device, the tracking tag not being pre-associated with the user device;
responsive to the detection, and while the tracking tag remains in proximity of the user device:
identifying one or more contextual parameters associated with the tracking tag;
responsive to determining that the identified one or more contextual parameters meet a predetermined criterion or criteria, estimating a transportation mode associated with the tracking tag over a period of time;
responsive to determining a predetermined type or level of change in the identified one or more contextual parameters, and responsive to determining a change in the transportation mode from a first transportation mode to a second transportation mode, issuing or causing issuance of an alert to at least one of the user device or the tracking tag.