Patent ID: 8077030
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A43B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A tracking device comprising: a first portion attached to an article of footwear, said first portion of said tracking device including a location determining device operative to receive signals from a positioning system and to generate location data based on said signals, said location data indicative of a location of said tracking device; a second portion attached to a separate article of footwear, said second portion of said tracking device being spaced apart from said first portion, said second portion including a wireless data transceiver operable to transmit data based at least in part on said location data to a remote system; and a wireless communication device operative to communicate said location data from said first portion of said tracking device to said second portion of said tracking device; and wherein said article of footwear and said separate article of footwear are, together, a pair of footwear.