US 12,105,206 B2
GPS tracking device with extended battery life
Joseph Anthony Czarnecky, Okauchee, WI (US); Steven Andrew Rook, Cary, IL (US); Scott Allen Crutchfield, Oconomowoc, WI (US); and Gregory Parker Stair, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to Pinpoint Ideas, LLC, Okouchee, WI (US)
Filed by Pinpoint Ideas, LLC, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,581.
Application 17/166,581 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/002,710, filed on Jun. 7, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,144, filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0160661 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G01S 19/14 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking of moveable objects, comprising:
a GPS tracking device attachable to a movable object, the GPS tracking device configured to gather tracking information of the moveable object as the moveable object is moved along phases of a supply chain from a manufacturer of the moveable object, to a dealer of the moveable object, and to a consumer of the moveable object;
a software application configured to communicate with the GPS tracking device, the software application including attributed data corresponding to the moveable object; and
firmware configured to instruct the GPS tracking device to transmit gathered tracking information to the software application at any phase of the supply chain including after the movable object has been sold to the customer at a frequency of transmission selectively determined by transmission rules provided to the firmware,
wherein the software application is configured to update the transmission rules based on characteristics of transmitted tracking information, and wherein the software application is configured to determine whether the movable object has been sold to the consumer based on gathered tracking information and attributed data.