Patent ID: 7236798
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G01S,G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a message, the message including information identifying a locator device, a location of the locator device, and a wireless access point that is available to the locator device; determining whether the locator device is within a monitored area defined by a communication range associated with the wireless access point based on the location information; retrieving contact information based on the identified locator device and the identified wireless access point when the locator device is determined to be within the monitored area; retrieving information identifying an object associated with the locator device based on the locator device identity; generating a notification using the retrieved contact information, the notification identifying the object; communicating the notification to a contact associated with the wireless access point and identified in the retrieved contact information; waiting a predetermined amount of time in which to receive a subsequent message via the wireless access point; and generating a subsequent notification after the predetermined amount of time lapses when the subsequent message is not received.