Patent ID: 7656292

Claim:
A flexible security device for tracking and location, the device comprising: a flexible housing having a hollow medial region; a location tracking assembly housed, at least in part, within the hollow medial region, the location tracking assembly comprising a plurality of modules, including: a wireless communications antenna module; a wireless communications electronics module; a global positioning system antenna module; a global positioning system electronics module; a power module; and a plurality of substrate portions, each module located at least in part on one or more of the substrate portions, and each pair of adjacent substrate portions separated by one of (a) a complete break between the substrate portions, (b) one or more notches in a continuous substrate, (c) a portion of relatively lesser thickness than adjacent portions of a continuous substrate, or (d) a combination of (b) and (c); a plurality of interconnects configured among said plurality of modules, one or more of said interconnects comprising a flexible interconnect between a pair of adjacent substrate portions having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of at least one substrate portion relative to an adjacent substrate portion.