Patent ID: 8254956
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing telematic data sent by a tracking device attached to a living object, the method comprising: positioning the living object by a GPS locator included in the tracking device; sending, from the tracking device of the living object, the position information through a point-to-point radio connection to a wireless terminal of a tracker; displaying, on a display of the wireless terminal of the tracker, position information contained in the telematic data received from the tracking device of the living object; checking, at the wireless terminal of the tracker, whether the received position information is set to be forwarded; and forwarding the received position information of the living object through a packet switched network to at least one other wireless terminal if the position information of the living object is set to be distributed, wherein the position information is distributed by transmission from the wireless terminal to a server connected to a packet switched network, said server configured to transmit the position information of the living object to the at least one other terminal that requested the position information.