Patent ID: 8154403

Claim:
A system for facilitating locating of a first item of a set of items, the system comprising: a first wireless communication device associated with the first item of the set, the first wireless communication device including an output device and a first wireless receiver; a second wireless communication device associated with a second item of the set, the second wireless communication device including an input device and a first wireless transmitter; wherein the second wireless communication device in response to a first input signal provided via the input device transmits a first wireless signal by way of the first wireless transmitter, wherein the first wireless communication device receives the first wireless signal and provides a first output signal in response to receiving the first wireless signal, wherein the first output signal is at least one of sufficiently visible and sufficiently audible so as to facilitate the locating of the first item of the set in a circumstance in which the first item is not yet located by a person, so that the first item can be associated with the second item, wherein the first and second items during an absence of the first and second wireless communication devices would be unable to communicate a wireless signal therebetween from the second item to the first item, wherein the first and second items are complementary items or identical items; and wherein the first and second items are first and second socks of a pair of socks.