Leash notification for tracking device
The communication between a tracking device and a secondary device that tracks the tracking device can be severed. On detecting a loss of connection, the secondary device retrieves a last known location of the tracking device from the tracking server. On receiving the last known location, the secondary device activates location detection functionality to determine a current location of the secondary device. If the current location is further than a predetermined threshold distance from the last known location of the tracking device, a notification is displayed by the secondary device indicating that the connection to the tracking device is lost. If the secondary device is within the predetermined threshold distance from the tracking device's last known location, the secondary device waits for a predetermined interval of time to elapse, and if the tracking device is not detected during this interval, a notification is displayed by the secondary device.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, a selection of a distance threshold from an owner of a tracking device;
in response to determining that a distance between the mobile device and a last known location of the tracking device exceeds the selected distance threshold, sending a notification to the owner of the tracking device; and
in response to determining both that 1) the distance between the mobile device and the last known location of the tracking device never exceeds the selected distance threshold at any point during a period of time for the entirety of the period of time, and that 2) a connection between the mobile device and the tracking device is never established at any point during the entirety of the period of time, sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device after the passage of the period of time.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined, and wherein the location of the mobile device comprises geographic coordinates.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined by activating a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device comprises at least one of displaying a visual indicator, playing an audio indicator, or emitting a vibration indicator on the mobile device.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device further comprises displaying an indication of an identity of the tracking device and an indication that the tracking device is located outside of a communicative range of the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected distance threshold is received via an application running on the mobile device.
7. A mobile device comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer instructions for:
receiving, by the mobile device, a selection of a distance threshold from an owner of a tracking device;
in response to determining that a distance between the mobile device and a last known location of the tracking device exceeds the selected distance threshold, sending a notification to the owner of the tracking device; and
in response to determining both that 1) the distance between the mobile device and the last known location of the tracking device never exceeds the selected distance threshold at any point during a period of time for the entirety of the period of time, and that 2) a connection between the mobile device and the tracking device is never established at any point during the entirety of the period of time, sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device after the passage of the period of time; and
a processor configured to execute the computer instructions.
8. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined, and wherein the location of the mobile device comprises geographic coordinates.
9. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined by activating a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.
10. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device comprises at least one of displaying a visual indicator, playing an audio indicator, or emitting a vibration indicator on the mobile device.
11. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device further comprises displaying an indication of an identity of the tracking device and an indication that the tracking device is located outside of a communicative range of the mobile device.
12. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein the selected distance threshold is received via an application running on the mobile device.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer instructions configured to, when executed by a hardware processor, perform steps comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, a selection of a distance threshold from an owner of a tracking device;
in response to determining that a distance between the mobile device and a last known location of the tracking device exceeds the selected distance threshold, sending a notification to the owner of the tracking device; and
in response to determining both that 1) the distance between the mobile device and the last known location of the tracking device never exceeds the selected distance threshold at any point during a period of time for the entirety of the period of time, and that 2) a connection between the mobile device and the tracking device is never established at any point during the entirety of the period of time, sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device after the passage of the period of time.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined, and wherein the location of the mobile device comprises geographic coordinates.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein a location of the mobile device is determined by activating a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device comprises at least one of displaying a visual indicator, playing an audio indicator, or emitting a vibration indicator on the mobile device.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein sending the notification to the owner of the tracking device further comprises displaying an indication of an identity of the tracking device and an indication that the tracking device is located outside of a communicative range of the mobile device.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the selected distance threshold is received via an application running on the mobile device.