Patent ID: 8700052
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a tracking-failure notification, the tracking-failure notification comprising a device identifier of a tracked device that is unavailable because of a failure condition; determining the failure condition, the failure condition being selected from a group consisting of a network failure and a tracked-device failure; retrieving last-known-location data of the tracked device, the last-known-location data comprising a last-known location of the tracked device; determining a set of potential locations of the tracked device; retrieving a device track history corresponding to the tracked device; determining a potential location of the tracked device from among the set of potential locations using the device track history corresponding to the tracked device, wherein each potential location in the set of potential locations is associated with a specific time at which the tracked device was at the potential location determined, and wherein determining the potential location comprises: notifying an entity of the failure condition, the device identifier, and the potential location.