Patent ID: 9699612
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: associating, by a tracking system, a user with a tracking device, the user associated with a mobile device; when the tracking device is communicatively coupled to and located within a threshold proximity of the mobile device, receiving, by the tracking system from the mobile device, a location of the mobile device; associating, by the tracking system, the received location of the mobile device with the tracking device; when the tracking device is located outside a threshold proximity of the mobile device but within a threshold proximity of a second mobile device associated with a second user, receiving, by the tracking system from the second mobile device, a location of the second mobile device, the second mobile device configured to provide the location of the second mobile device to the tracking system in response to finding the tracking device; associating, by the tracking system, the received location of the second mobile device with the tracking device; and providing, by the tracking system, the location of the second mobile device and an identity of the tracking device to the mobile device, the mobile device configured to display the location of the second mobile device that found the tracking device and an identity of the tracking device within a map interface.