Patent ID: 8031067

Claim:
A tracking system, comprising: a service center, said service center communicating with one or more remote party devices on a selective basis determined by at least one remote party; a tracking module associated with or associatable with an animal, person or object to be tracked, said tracking module comprising one or more tracking devices for detecting the geographic location of said tracking module, a mobile communication device for communicating with the service center, and a first RF transmitter, RF receiver, or RF transceiver; a base station having a second RF transmitter, RF receiver, or RF transceiver which sends or receives RF signals from said first RF transmitter, RF receiver, or RF transceiver; a communication device, which can be the same or different from said mobile communication device of said tracking module, for communicating with said service center when RF signals transmitted between said tracking module and said base station are not received at said tracking module or said base station, receiving signals from said service center to selectively activate or de-activate said one or more tracking devices, and providing location information of said tracking module obtained from said one or more tracking devices to said service center, said service center providing one or more of an activation or deactivation signal to said mobile communication device of said tracking module to activate or deactivate said one or more tracking devices according to instructions from said at least one remote party.