Patent ID: 8768381
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G08B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless device for locating at least one remote object, the wireless device comprising: a graphical user interface that generates a pairing signal in response to a first indication from a user to pair the wireless device to at least one remote device and generates a first location request signal in response to a second indication from a user to locate the at least one remote device; and a short-range wireless transceiver, coupled to the graphical user interface, that responds to the pairing signal generated by the graphical user interface by communicating RF signals to pair the wireless device to the at least one remote device and that transmits a first RF paging signal to the at least one remote device in response to the first location request signal and that receives a location signal from the at least one remote device; wherein the graphical user interface presents a display that visually assists the user to locate the at least one remote device.