Patent ID: 8983537
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G08B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A locating system for locating an object, the locating system comprising: a communications device comprising a first dedicated transmitter and antenna pair configured to transmit, in an encrypted mode, an encrypted code associated with a locator device and/or object, the transmitter transmitting the encrypted code in the 900 MHz band, the transmitter being powered by a first battery; and the locator device being attached to the object, the locator device having a receiver and an indicator, the receiver being configured to receive the encrypted code transmitted in the 900 MHz band and then the locator device determines whether the encrypted code is associated with the locator device and/or object, the locator device being powered by a second battery, wherein upon receipt of the encrypted code by the receiver and a determination that the encrypted code is associated with the locator device and/or object by the locator device, the indicator on the locator device provides an indication as to a location of the locator device and/or object, wherein the communications device is configured to transmit in both a scrambled communications mode operating in a 800 MHz band and the encrypted mode in which the encrypted code is transmitted in the 900 MHz band, and wherein the 900 MHz band is between approximately 900 MHz and approximately 950 MHz.