User intervention based on learned behavior in a tracking device environment
View Patent ↗A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
1. A method for locating a tracking device, comprising:
determining, by a central tracking device system, a current movement behavior of a tracking device of a user;
determining, by the central tracking device system, a historical movement behavior of the tracking device of the user;
determining a historical movement behavior of a second tracking device;
in response to determining that the current movement behavior of the tracking device differs from the historical movement behavior of the tracking device by more than a threshold amount and in response to determining that the current movement behavior of the tracking device differs from the historical movement behavior of the second tracking device by more than a threshold amount, identifying, by the central tracking device system, the tracking device as potentially lost;
generating, by the central tracking device system, a notification identifying the tracking device and indicating the tracking device is potentially lost; and
providing, by the central tracking device system, the generated notification to a mobile device of the user, the mobile device of the user configured to display the notification to the user.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking device and the second tracking device are included within a pre-determined collection of tracking devices.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking device and the second tracking device are coupled to related objects.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes the tracking device being located within a threshold distance of another tracking device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior of the tracking device during a particular time period.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior of the tracking device within a threshold distance of a geographic location.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the tracking device is coupled to a pet, wherein the historical movement behavior includes the tracking device being within a threshold distance of a house, and wherein the current movement behavior includes the tracking device being outside of the threshold distance from the house.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historic movement behavior indicates a lack of movement of the tracking device.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the tracking device is coupled to an item that is intended to remain stationary, and wherein the current movement behavior describes the tracking device moving.
10. A method for locating a tracking device, comprising:
determining, by a central tracking device system, a current movement behavior of a first tracking device of a first user;
determining, by the central tracking device system, a historical movement behavior of the first user;
determining a historical movement behavior of a second tracking device;
in response to determining that the current movement behavior of the first tracking device differs from the historical movement behavior of the first user by more than a threshold amount and in response to determining that the current movement behavior of the tracking device differs from the historical movement behavior of the second tracking device by more than a threshold amount, identifying, by the central tracking device system, the first tracking device as potentially lost;
generating, by the central tracking device system, a notification identifying the first tracking device and indicating the first tracking device is potentially lost; and
providing, by the central tracking device system, the generated notification to a mobile device of the first user, the mobile device of the first user configured to display the notification to the user.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior of the first tracking device being near the first user.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes the tracking device being communicatively connected to the mobile device of the first user.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior during a predetermined time period.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes the first user being at a geographic location during the predetermined time period, and wherein the current movement behavior includes the first tracking device not being near the first user.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior near a geographic location.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first tracking device is a travel tracking device, the historical movement behavior includes the first user being at a travel hub, and the current movement behavior includes the first tracking device not being near the first user.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes the user moving from a first geographic location to a second geographic location.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes the user going to work, wherein the tracking device is a work tracking device, and the current movement behavior includes the tracking device not being near the user.
19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the historical movement behavior includes movement behavior of a second user.