XCB poly-radio devices as finders, locators, scanners, sensors, and
Bluetooth (BT) radio topology reporters as part of a global lost-and-found services
system. XCB devices function as “
smart objects” and combine dual transceivers operating in the
telecommunications and the low power ISM radio spectra, with default
power management overrides under local control of the BT modem. “Familiar zones” are defined, and a “familiarity index” versus a “
strangeness index” based on meta-analysis of BT radio contact logs are used to assign location. Location, in concert with other sensor data, is coupled to
conditional logic rules programmable by the user or the
system administrator. Locations, determined by monitoring familiar and unfamiliar BT radio topology, trigger
executable commands to smartphones, to smart devices generally, and to remote machines, and can for example, generate alerts to a user if radiotagged assets, children or pets have strayed, are lost, or are left behind. When tied to cloud predictive services or increased
edge computing capacity, incipient loss of radiotag objects can be detected before an owner knows the smart object is lost. In another embodiment, XCB devices having a novel
chip architecture for improved
power management of cellular and MCU circuits mediated by BT
radio modem that achieves “situational awareness” by monitoring the BT
signal environment around the device.