For quite some time, insurance and development companies have been creating systems to protect assets through RFID technology. This makes perfect sense as RFID is very low power and provides a wide range of applications. Phone Halo’s patented bluetooth system provides advanced asset tracking without the expense and inconvenience of an additional ‘tracking’ device.
Consider that you almost always have your mobile phone in your position. The mobile phone is arguably the most valuable daily asset you possess. This was our thinking when we developed the Phone Halo asset tracking system. The mobile phone is the center of your universe. So, it makes perfect sense to attach all of your assets to your mobile phone. In the case of Phone Halo, the phone must be one of the more advanced smart phones like an Android, or iPhone, or Blackberry. Phone Halo uses bluetooth technology which is present on all of these phones rather than the cumbersome RFID.
These smart phones have the ability to run sophisticated software. The software talks to the patented Phone Halo devices that are attached to your assets. When we think of assets, we often think of very material belongings such as:
Examples of Assets that can be tracked
Phone Halo’s patented devices can be attached to virtually all of these assets. More importantly the ‘access’ to the assets. Consider that your keychain potentially accesses some, or all of the above assets. What is the pain of loss of a set of keys?
While there are many solutions for general asset tracking, the notion of a bluetooth based system is very new and very practical. Phone Halo customers already use the technology to track keys, wallets, purses, suitcases, computer bags. In the future, we will provide additional device profiles to track all assets in your life, even the most valuable assets – children.