Patent ID: 8253559

Claim:
A system for locating at least one remote object including a handheld wireless communication device, the system comprising: a first wireless device that includes: a first user interface that generates a first location request signal in response to an indication from a user; a first short-range wireless transmitter, coupled to the first user interface, that transmits a first RF paging signal in response to the first location request signal; and an adjunct device that includes: a first housing that is couplable to the handheld wireless communication device via a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device; a first short-range wireless receiver, coupled to the first housing, that receives the first RF paging signal; and a second user interface, coupled to the first housing and the first short-range wireless receiver, that emits a first detectable alert signal in response to the first RF paging signal to assist the user in locating the handheld wireless communication device; wherein one of the at least one remote object includes a personal object and wherein the first wireless device further includes: a second housing, coupled to the first user interface and the first short-range wireless transmitter, and that is couplable to the personal object; and a second short-range wireless receiver, coupled to the first user interface, that receives a second RF paging signal from the adjunct device; wherein the first user interface emits a second detectable alert signal in response to the second RF paging signal to assist the user in locating the personal object; wherein the adjunct device further includes: a second short-range wireless transmitter, coupled to the second user interface, that transmits the second RF paging signal to at least one remote device in response to a second location request signal; wherein the at least one remote device includes at least one of: the first wireless device and a second wireless device; wherein the adjunct device receives the second location request signal from a location application loaded in and executed by the handheld wireless communication device, via the communication port of the handheld wireless communication device.