Patents Assigned to AthenTek Incorporated
  • Patent number: 9801154
    Abstract: A method for correcting a positioning location is provided. The method includes: receiving current positioning information; comparing a current Mobile Country Code (MCC) comprised in the current positioning information with a previous MCC comprised in previous positioning information; determining whether a moving speed of a mobile device is greater than a speed threshold according the current positioning information and the previous positioning information when the current MCC is the same as the previous MCC; determining whether the mobile device has moved after determining that the moving speed is not greater than the speed threshold; and identifying a final positioning location according to a determination result indicating whether the mobile device has moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Chen, Ivy H. Tseng
  • Patent number: 9799189
    Abstract: A tracking device, a tracking system, and a tracking device control method with safe-zone demarcation based on the usually detected WiFi access points are provided. The tracking device includes a telecommunication transceiver, a WiFi receiver and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to operate the telecommunication transceiver to transmit WiFi information to a server during a data-collection period for behavior analysis of a tracked object equipped with the tracking device and for safe-zone demarcation of the tracking device. The WiFi information indicates WiFi access points detected by the WiFi receiver. The safe-zone demarcation of the tracking device is adaptive to habitual behaviors, obtained from the behavior analysis, of the tracked object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Chen, Ting-Shan Kuo
  • Patent number: 9723448
    Abstract: A tracking device, a battery charger, and a tracking method thereof are provided. The method, adopted by a tracking device, includes: upon being attached to a battery charger, scanning, by the tracking device, for a first radio environment; and transmitting, by the tracking device, a request for setting the scanned first radio environment as a home zone to a monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventor: Chun-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 9706335
    Abstract: Cellular devices and a pairing server implementing a Pairing method are described. The first cellular device includes a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card, a controller and a transceiver. The first SIM card is configured to store a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). The controller is configured to receive a pairing command. The transceiver is configured to transmit the first IMSI without a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network-Number (MSISDN) in response to the pairing command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Haojen Kao, Chiu Ting Liao
  • Patent number: 9654927
    Abstract: An example of the invention provides a motion detection method for a portable device. The method includes steps of: generating a first cell location data at a first time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations; generating a second cell location data at a second time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations, wherein the first time point and the second time point are two successive time points, and the first cell location data and the second cell location data includes names or identification data of base stations detected by the portable device; determining whether the portable device is moved according to the first cell location data and the second cell location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Haoren Kao, Chia Cheng Lee, Chun-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 9560580
    Abstract: A method of locating a mobile device, and a mobile device utilizing the same are provided. The method, adopted by a wireless communication device, includes: searching for a plurality of signal-source types; in response to the searching, determining whether a first type of signal source is available; setting a search configuration based on availability of the first type of signal source; and searching again for the plurality of signal-source types according to the search configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventor: Chun-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 9414189
    Abstract: A method of locating a mobile device and the mobile device utilizing the same are provided. The method, adopted by a mobile device, includes: scanning for a first signal of a first signal source in a vicinity of a first location to obtain first signal source information; receiving a logging request to log the first location; and upon receiving the logging request, recording a first location identifier and the first signal source information in a location log, wherein the first location identifier represents the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventor: Chun-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 9367215
    Abstract: A method for configuring a remote device in a mobile device is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a dialogical user interface, obtaining a first position of the remote device, displaying a question message including information of the first position via the dialogical user interface, receiving an answer message corresponding to the question message via the dialogical user interface, and determining whether to set the first position as a safe zone for the remote device in response to whether the answer message is a confirmation message or a rejection message, wherein when the answer message is the conformation message, setting the first position as the safe zone of the remote device and displaying the setting result via the dialogical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Chen, Chiu-Ting Liao
  • Patent number: 9210544
    Abstract: A tracking device and a tracking device control method with intelligent safe zones are provided. The tracking device includes a positioning module, a long-range transceiver, a short-range transceiver and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to provide the long-range transceiver with radio-signal information about a short-range radio signal received by the short-range transceiver. The long-range transceiver transmits the radio-signal information to a server for safe-zone identification of the tracking device and then receives a safe-zone identification result from the server. The microcontroller is further configured to operate the positioning module, the long-range transceiver and the short-range transceiver in accordance with the safe-zone identification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AthenTek Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Chen, Kai Huang