104.
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`[0019]
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`The mobile device 102 and the community of mobile devices 104 can
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`communicate with a tracking device 106 via a second network 110. The second network 110
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`can be a similar or different type of network as the first network 108. In some embodiments,
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`the second network 110 includes a wireless network with a limited communication range,
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`such as a Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless network. In some
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`configurations, the second network 110 is a point-to-point network including the tracking
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`device 106 and one or more mobile devices (e.g., the mobile device 102 and the community
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`of mobile devices 104) within a threshold proximity of the tracking device 106. Accordingly,
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`any given mobile device (such as the mobile device 102 and the community mobile devices
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`104) is only able to communicate with the tracking device 106 if it is within a threshold
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`proximity to the tracking device 106.
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`In some configurations, the mobile device 102 and one
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`or more of the community mobile devices 104 can each be associated with multiple tracking
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`devices 106 associated with various users (e.g., the user 103 and the community of users
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`105)
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`[0020]
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`As noted above, FIG. 1 illustrates the mobile device 102 associated with the user
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`103. The mobile device 102 can be configured to perform one or more functions described
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`herein with respect to communicating with tracking devices (e.g., tracking device 106). For
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`example, the mobile device 102 receives input from the user 103 representative of
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`information about the user 103, information about a tracking device 106, and a tracking
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`device request (described below) to be sent to the tracking device 106. The mobile device
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`102 sends the tracking device request to the tracking device 106 via the first network 108 or
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`the second network 110. In some configurations, the mobile device 102 cannot send the
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`tracking device request to the tracking device 106 via the second network, for example, due
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`to hardware limitations of the mobile device 102 (such as the tracking device 106 being
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`located more than a threshold distance away from the mobile device 102). In such
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`configurations, the mobile device 102 sends the tracking device request to the tracking device
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`106 via the first network 108.
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`[0021]
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`In some embodiments, the mobile device 102 determines that the tracking device
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`106 is within a threshold proximity of the mobile device 102 via the second network 110.
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`The mobile device 102 enables the user 103 to communicate with the detected tracking
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`device 106. For example, the mobile device 102 receives user input from the user 103 (e.g.,
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`via an application executing on the mobile device 102 and/or an interactive graphical user
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