US 12,432,417 B2
Reminder to take items when leaving
Vikram Balaraja Shetty, Bengaluru (IN); Dileep Puramana, Wandoor (IN); and Visali Manoharan, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Bengaluru (IN)
Filed by DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Karnataka (IN)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,914.
Prior Publication US 2025/0203158 A1, Jun. 19, 2025
Int. Cl. H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44218 (2013.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method of providing a notification, to a user, to take a tracked physical item, the method comprising:
receiving event data provided by an event input device at a central unit comprising or otherwise connected to a local or remote processor and an item notification module stored on a local or remote memory wherein the event data is for an event to which the tracked physical item is to be taken;
establishing criteria for providing the notification to take the tracked physical item to the user;
receiving tracking data provided by a tracking data device at the central unit, wherein the tracking data is generated by tracking the physical item and/or the user upon the user being determined to be leaving a location to attend the event;
determining whether the tracking data meets the criteria for providing the notification to take the tracked physical item to the user, including:
determining a current time of the tracking data;
determining that the event is to occur after a next event that is after the current time;
identifying the tracked physical item as being associated with the event from the event data;
determining that the user is not returning to the location of the tracked physical item after the next event and prior to the event; and
in response to determining that the user is not returning to the location of the tracked physical item, determining that the tracking data meets the criteria; and
causing a display and/or speaker to display and/or announce the notification to take the tracked physical item to the user in response to the tracking data being determined to meet the criteria for providing the notification to take the tracked physical item to the user.