Patent ID: 11879987
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
a locator beacon including
a first wireless transmitter; and
one or more first electronic processors, the one or more first electronic processors configured to:
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a first advertising beacon signal through a first number of transmission repetitions spaced at a first repeat interval,
transmit repeatedly, via the first wireless transmitter, a second advertising beacon signal through a second number of transmission repetitions at a second repeat interval, wherein the second advertising beacon signal includes an identifier that provides identification of the locator beacon and user information,
receive a modification instruction from a user device via the first wireless transmitter,
modify the first repeat interval into a third repeat interval based on the received modification instruction, and
transmit repeatedly, by the first wireless transmitter, the first advertising beacon signal spaced at the third repeat interval; and

a wireless device including
a second wireless transmitter, and
one or more second electronic processors, the one or more second electronic processors configured to:
activate, in response to the first advertising beacon signal being received by the wireless device, a location logging application including a location application function;
log a location of the locator beacon by the location application function in response to the second advertising beacon signal being received by the wireless device; and
return the location logging application to a dormant state in response to determining that a dormancy timer has elapsed without the first advertising beacon signal being received from the locator beacon or from another locator beacon;
wherein a second location of the locator beacon or the another locator beacon is not logged by the location logging application until the location logging application returns to the dormant state and receives, when in the dormant state, another first advertising beacon signal from the locator beacon or the another locator beacon.