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A tracking and locating system and method which provides for a lightweight and portable tracking locator device. The locating system is easily transferable from one user to another user or from a first object to second object. The locating system also provides power saving and conserving features. T

A tracking and locating system and method which provides for a lightweight and portable tracking locator device. The locating system is easily transferable from one user to another user or from a first object to second object. The locating system also provides power saving and conserving features. The locating system further provides positional information of such locator devices in the form of hypertext markup language pages viewable on the Internet.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A locator system comprising:at least one locator device having a receiver structured and configured to receive electromagnetic frequency signals from a plurality of visible radiolocation transmitters and generate positional data of said locator device from said electrom

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A locator system comprising:at least one locator device having a receiver structured and configured to receive electromagnetic frequency signals from a plurality of visible radiolocation transmitters and generate positional data of said locator device from said electromagnetic frequency signals;a cellular modem operatively coupled to said locator device to transmit said positional data;a telecommunication provider in wireless communication with said cellular modem to receive said positional data from said cellular modem;a server computer in network communication with said telecommunication provider to receive said positional data from said telecommunication provider, said server computer having software residing therein to publish said positional data;a subscriber computer in network communication with said server computer to receive and display said positional data; anda power source coupled to said locator device and to said cellular modem, said locator device including power conserving software residing therein, said power conserving software carrying out the operation of monitoring synchronization of said receiver with said radiolocation transmitters, reducing power to said cellular modem when said synchronization is lost, and restoring power to said cellular modem when said synchronization is reestablished.