| US 7,552,031 B2 | ||
| Personal items network, and associated methods | ||
| Curtis A. Vock, Boulder, Colo. (US); Burl W. Amsbury, Boulder, Colo. (US); Paul Jonjak, Lafayette, Colo. (US); Adrian F. Larkin, Essex (United Kingdom); and Perry Youngs, Longmont, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/647,042. | ||
| Application 11/647042 is a division of application No. 10/601208, filed on Jun. 20, 2003, granted, now 7,174,277. | ||
| Application 10/601208 is a continuation of application No. 10/297270, filed on Dec. 04, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0111753 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—188 [702/150; 702/187; 340/539.13; 340/568.7; 455/456.1] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having:
a wireless communications port for communicating with at least one other item in the personal items network;
a processor for:
determining if the item in the personal items network is no longer communicating with the at least one other item, and
storing at least one of time and location information for the item in memory in response to determining that the item is no
longer communicating with the at least one other item; and
an indicator embedded within the item for providing an output informing a user that the item is no longer communicating with
the at least one other item based on the time and location information stored in memory, wherein a user may locate the at
least one other item from the output provided by the indicator on the item.
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