Patent ID: 9685066
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01S,G08B,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a mobile device, a loss of connection with a tracking device; determining, by the mobile device, a current location of the mobile device; determining, by the mobile device, that a distance between the current location of the mobile device and a last known location of the tracking device exceeds a predetermined distance threshold; in response to determining that the distance exceeds the predetermined distance threshold, notifying a user of the tracking device that the tracking device is located outside of a communicative range of the mobile device; and in response to determining that 1) the distance does not exceed the predetermined distance threshold, and that 2) the connection between the mobile device and the tracking device has not been re-established during a passage of a threshold interval of time, notifying the user of the tracking device that the tracking device is located outside of the communicative range of the mobile device.