Patent ID: 8009036
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G07C,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A location tracking device for use with an auxiliary device, the tracking device comprising: position determining circuitry and first short range wireless circuitry that communicates position data representative of the location of the tracking device to an auxiliary device wherein the auxiliary device has an ID along with second short range wireless circuitry that communicates this ID to the tracking device and long range communications circuitry that communicates the position data to a remote location, and wherein the location tracking device has first and second operational modes and switches between these operational modes, and wherein the decision to switch operational modes is at least partially based on the auxiliary device ID; wherein when in the first operating mode, the monitoring device over time stores and accumulates in the memory multiple instances of the generated location data from the location circuitry, but does not transmit either a current location of the one-piece monitoring device or any stored location in the memory; wherein when in the second operating mode: wherein in association with the one-piece monitoring device transitioning from the first operating mode to the second operating mode: