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United States Patent6510380   
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Inventor(s)Curatolo; Benedict S. (Valley View, OH); Cornelius; Thomas E. (Sagamore Hills, OH)
AbstractA security and tracking apparatus is provided, comprising at least two signaling units in communicating proximity, and means for identifying the location of the signaling units. In one embodiment, a security and tracking apparatus is provided, comprising at least two signaling units in communicating proximity, and means for identifying and automatically transmitting the location of the signaling units when the signaling units are separated by more than a preselected distance. In a preferred embodiment, a method is provided to locate a person, an animal, or a material asset, comprising providing in contact with the person, animal, or material asset, at least two signaling units in communicating proximity, wherein at least one signaling unit is small and hidden and securely attached to the person, animal, or material asset, and the signaling units having means for identifying the location of the signaling units to a monitoring station; activating means for identifying the location of the signaling units by referencing the global positioning satellite (GPS) system; and notifying the monitoring station of said geographic location.
   














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Security and tracking system
Inventor     Curatolo; Benedict S. (Valley View, OH); Cornelius; Thomas E. (Sagamore Hills, OH)
Owner/Assignee     C2 Global Technologies, Inc. (Sagamore Hills, OH)
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Publication Date     January 21, 2003
Application Number     09/538,193
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Filing Date     March 30, 2000
US Classification     701/207 340/426.1 340/426.28 340/572.1 340/572.4 340/988 340/989 340/990 342/196 342/357.06 342/357.07 600/300 600/309 600/481 701/200 701/201 701/202 701/203 701/204 701/205 701/206 701/208 701/209 701/210 701/211 701/212 701/213 701/214 701/215
Int'l Classification     G01S  005/02 G01C  021/28 G01C  021/36
Examiner     Cuchlinski Jr.; William A.
Assistant Examiner     Mancho; Ronnie
Attorney/Law Firm     Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber
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Parent Case     CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 USC 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/127,028 filed on Mar. 31, 1999.
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USPTO Field of Search     342/357.07 342/357 342/457 342/196 342/357.06 342/357.09 342/357.01 701/200 701/201 701/202 701/203 701/204 701/205 701/206 701/207 701/208 701/209 701/210 701/211 701/212 701/213 701/214 701/215 340/572.1 340/572.4 340/572.7 340/572.8 340/825.54 340/573 340/988 340/989 340/990 340/426 340/539 128/639 128/734 128/903 600/300 600/309 600/481 343/713 343/846 343/848 455/511 455/422 455/419 455/410 455/403 174/35 R 29/856
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