US 12,069,211 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 May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,192.
Application 17/456,931 is a division of application No. 16/878,753, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,245,799, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Application 18/325,192 is a continuation of application No. 17/456,931, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,750,752.
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 2023/0308557 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
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)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless location tag comprising:
a connector configured to connect to an object;
a communication interface; and
a processor configured to:
obtain identifying information that is associated with the object;
determine a first location of the wireless location tag;
determine a subsequent location of the wireless location tag; and
when the subsequent location is different than the first location, send a ping message to a backend electronic device using the communication interface, the ping message comprising the identifying information associated with the object and the subsequent location of the wireless location tag.