US 12,075,312 B2
Smart alerts in a tracking device environment
Steven R. Klinkner, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Kevin Refermat, Daly City, CA (US)
Assigned to Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Tile, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,312.
Application 17/516,312 is a continuation of application No. 16/932,650, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,202,174.
Application 16/932,650 is a continuation of application No. 16/842,293, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 10,757,540, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053296 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 68/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 4/022 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 68/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
establishing, by a central tracking system, a communicative connection between the mobile device and a tracking device;
responsive to determining, by the central tracking system, that the communicative connection has been severed, sending, to the mobile device, a configuration instruction to configure the mobile device to scan for the tracking device for an interval of time; and
responsive to not detecting the tracking device during the interval of time, sending an indication to the mobile device indicating that a user of the mobile device has left the tracking device behind.