Patent ID: 11882497
Assignee: TILE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A tracking server comprising one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors and comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the tracking server to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at the tracking server from a user device, a hash value associated with a tracking device, wherein the hash value is computed based on at least a unique identifying value associated with the tracking device, wherein the hash value is configured to expire after a predetermined period of time;
determining, by the tracking server, that the received hash value is not expired;
identifying, by the tracking server, the tracking device based on a comparison between a stored hash value and the received hash value; and
updating, by the tracking server, one or more records stored in a database accessible to, and maintained by, the tracking server that are associated with the identified tracking device based on the received hash value.