Patent ID: 9721445
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G07C,G08B

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for tracking location using a home automation system, comprising: receiving sensor data indicating presence of a wearable tracking device in a predetermined area of a property monitored by the home automation system; receiving, before a duration of the presence of the wearable tracking device within the predetermined area exceeds a predetermined threshold, sensor data indicating a presence of another wearable tracking device within a range of the predetermined area; confirming an identity of the wearable tracking device based at least in part on the received sensor data; determining that the wearable tracking device is within the predetermined area for a predetermined duration that exceeds the predetermined threshold; determining whether to generate a notice and transmit the notice to a remote computing device, the notice indicating a location of the wearable tracking device and being based at least in part on the received sensor data indicating the presence of the another wearable tracking device within the range of the predetermined area; and initiating a function of the home automation system based at least in part on the confirmed identity of the wearable tracking device and determining that the wearable tracking device is within the predetermined area for the predetermined duration that exceeds the predetermined threshold.