Patent ID: 7330113

Claim:
A wireless system for locating objects and actuating door locks, said system comprising: a portable central controller including a housing suitably sized and shaped for fitting in a user's hand, said central controller comprising means for generating a plurality of RF output signals responsive to a user input, said output signal generating means comprising a plurality of controls operably mated to a top face of said housing, means for uniquely coding said output signals such that each said output signals can be detected by only a corresponding one of the objects respectively, means for displaying a date and time on a top face of said housing, and radio means for tuning into a radio station and playing an audible signal from a remote source; and a plurality of objects comprising a plurality of transceivers housed therein respectively, and means for decoding said output signals such that said corresponding one of said objects can generate and transmit a response signal unique to a selected one of said output signals; wherein a user can remotely locate the objects by depressing a selected one of said controls associated with a selected one of the objects; wherein said date and time displaying means and said radio means are simultaneously and independently operable while said output signal generating means is active.