Issued: Sep 9, 2025
Tracking Device Systems and Methods
Covers advanced architectures for Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices with networked control, alerts, and optimized communications between hubs and cloud.
Patents
Pebblebee Patents
The following Pebblebee products and services are protected by one or more U.S. patents. This page is intended to serve as notice under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a) and to satisfy virtual patent marking provisions in the United States and other jurisdictions.
The list below may not be all-inclusive. Additional patents may be pending, and other products and services not listed here may be protected by one or more patents in the United States and elsewhere.
System & Network
Issued: Apr 13, 2021
Tracking Device System
Systems architecture for tracking devices; details to be verified against file history.
Issued: Oct 17, 2023
Tracking Device Systems
Device and network system improvements for tracking deployments.
Issued: Sep 26, 2017
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Community devices forward LE beacon messages to cloud hosts for action; includes sensor payload handling.
Issued: Jul 23, 2019
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Further methods for forwarding and processing LE beacon transmissions via smart devices to servers.
Issued: Mar 2, 2021
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Techniques for anonymous/efficient relaying of third-party LE messages to cloud hosts.
Issued: Oct 24, 2023
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Modernized claims for cloud-mediated LE beacon forwarding using community devices.
Issued: Feb 20, 2018
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Efficient cloud relay for LE beacon messages from proxy smartphones.
Issued: Aug 28, 2018
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Background soft-switch techniques to upswitch and forward LE messages to servers.
Issued: Aug 20, 2019
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Anonymous community relaying and message bit-overloading compression.
Issued: Aug 2, 2022
Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host
Server-side handling and policy execution based on relayed LE beacon messages.
Issued: May 1, 2018
Devices and Network Architecture for Improved Beacon-Mediated Data Context Sensing
Network and device designs enabling richer context sensing via beacons.
Issued: Apr 28, 2020
Devices and Network Architecture for Improved Beacon-Mediated Data Context Sensing
Architectures for context-aware beacon networks and sensing flows.
Issued: Nov 8, 2022
Private Wireless Network Communications Systems, Methods and Devices
Private/secure network communication schemes for tracking systems.
Issued: Sep 20, 2022
XCB Tracking Devices, Methods and Systems
Tracking systems leveraging cross-channel behaviors (details per file wrapper).
Issued: Jul 19, 2022
XCB Tracking Devices, Methods and Systems
Additional claims around XCB device/system interactions.
App & Privacy
Issued: Jul 12, 2016
Tracking Device Program with Remote Controls and Alerts
Application-level controls and alerting for tracker devices; continuation of 14/301,250.
Issued: Jun 22, 2021
Voice-Coded Finder and Radiotag Tracker
Voice-coded interactions and privacy-aware control flows for finding/tracking.
Hardware
Issued: Feb 7, 2017
Reduced Thickness Tracking Device
Crescent-shaped PCB partially encircles battery to minimize thickness; speaker/LED alerts; networked tracking.
Issued: Sep 11, 2018
Reduced Thickness Tracking Device
Continuation reinforcing thin form-factor tracker architecture and alert components.
Issued: Jan 28, 2020
Reduced Thickness Tracking Device
Further optimizations for slim PCB layout and sensor-triggered alerts.
Issued: Mar 15, 2022
Battery Beacon Systems and Methods of Use
Beacon hardware and power strategies oriented around battery performance and signaling.
Multiple Categories
Issued: Feb 13, 2018
Tracking Device Program
Program and system aspects for alerts, sensing, and multi-hub local/wide-area tracking.
Issued: Oct 12, 2021
Tracking Device Programs, Systems and Methods
Combined claims spanning app, device, and network behaviors for tracking ecosystems.
Issued: Sep 24, 2019
Tracking Device Programs, Systems and Methods
Cross-cutting claims covering software/device/system interactions.
Issued: Nov 9, 2021
Cellular Devices, Systems and Methods for Logistics Support
Autonomous cellular trackers with self-assignment and shipment condition logging; logistics flows.
Issued: Mar 17, 2020
Cellular Devices, Systems and Methods for Logistics Support
Cellular-centric shipment tracking and status reporting systems.
Issued: Nov 23, 2021
Bluecell Devices and Methods
Dual Bluetooth + cellular radiosets; power management enabling year-plus service life.
Issued: Jun 13, 2023
Hybrid Cellular Bluetooth Tracking Devices, Methods and Systems
Hybrid cellular/BLE tracking systems for broad coverage and robustness.
Patent numbers link to public records. This portfolio reflects issued U.S. patents drawn from PB Inc filings. Additional applications may be pending in the U.S. and internationally. The category groupings used above are provided solely for ease of reference and readability, and are not intended to limit, define, or imply the scope, applicability, or enforceability of any particular patent.
