Device and method for monitoring the presence of items and issuing an alert if an item is not detected

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8810392
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13019701

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Disclosed herein are methods and systems that involve monitoring presence of items based on context. An exemplary method involves: (i) determining a context for a given user; (ii) determining a proximity framework between a monitoring device and one or more items, based on the determined context, wherein the proximity framework comprises (a) one or more proximity requirements, each proximity requirement indicating a required proximity between the monitoring device and at least one of the items and (b) a notification process corresponding to each proximity requirement; (iii) monitoring proximity of each of the items relative to the monitoring device, based on a presence signal from each of the items, in order to determine when one of the proximity requirements is not met; and (iv) responsive to determining that one of the proximity requirements is not met, initiating the corresponding notification process.

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GOOGLE LLC1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
King, Martin T Vashon Island, US 125 16053
Mannby, Claes-Fredrik Mercer Island, US 26 1872
Smith, Michael J Seattle, US 195 5886
Teller, Eric San Francisco, US 353 23917

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