Patent ID: 8258960

Claim:
A locator system for electronic devices comprising: at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier; and a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of said at least one jacket, comprising: a positioning system for identifying a location of the modular wireless communicator; a clock for identifying a date & time; a log manager, coupled with said positioning system and with said clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry comprising (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by said positioning system, and (iii) a date & time as identified by said clock; and a controller coupled with said log manager for notifying said log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event, wherein said log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from said controller, and wherein the log trigger event includes a designated action performed by said modular wireless communicator from among the group consisting of dialing a phone number, sending an SMS or an MMS message, browsing a designated web site, and playing an audio or a video file, whereby the log trigger events enable determination of a location where a jacket was last actively used with said modular wireless communicator.