US 6,172,640 · Granted 2001-01-09
Pet locator
There is disclosed an object locator system ( 10 ) for requesting and obtaining information about the location of an individual animal or moveable object, having a lightweight, attached object locator ( 42 ), that is present in a region served by a two-way paging system ( 12 ) and a global positioning satellite system ( 50 ). The object locator ( 42 ) may be selectively activated to conserve power or enabled to respond only when beyond or within a boundary. Further, the object locator system ( 10 ) may provide the location information in several forms including rectangular or polar coordinates referred to a base station ( 18 ) or origin, position on a map display, etc.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 6,172,640
- Filing date
- 1999-07-28
- Grant date
- 2001-01-09
- Assignee
- Jennifer Durst / Eugene F. Fowler / Mcalexander Joseph C.
- Inventor(s)
- DURST JENNIFER, FOWLER EUGENE F., MCALEXANDER JOSEPH C.
- CPC class
- G01S5/0027
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