ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,334, issued on July 8, was assigned to Tile Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Power preservation in GPS-equipped tracking devices" was invented by Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, techniques include a method for preserving battery power in a tracking device that includes a first communication module, a second communication module, and a location determination unit where the first communication module, second communication module, and location determination unit are initially disabled. The method includes determining that lost conditions are satisfied. The method includes enab...