Patent ID: 8583112

Claim:
A method of swapping a user controlled temporary cellular service between a plurality of cellular location tracking devices, the method comprising: registering each of a plurality of cellular location tracking devices with a user control account; associating, through a cellular service provider's cellular access registration number registry, a cellular access registration number and its attendant cellular service with a first cellular location tracking device of the plurality of cellular location tracking devices; receiving from the first cellular location tracking device and through the attendant cellular service data about a location of or environment near the first cellular location tracking device; displaying the location of the first cellular location tracking device on a map; dissociating the cellular service from its association with the first cellular location tracking device; associating, through the cellular access registration number registry, the cellular access registration number and the attendant cellular service with a second cellular location tracking device remote from the first cellular location tracking device after the first cellular location tracking device is dissociated from the cellular service; receiving from the second cellular location tracking device and through the attendant cellular service data about a location of or environment near the second cellular location tracking device; and displaying the location of the second cellular location tracking device on the map while displaying the location of the first cellular location tracking device on the map.