About Us

Based in Orange County, California, Location Based Technologies, Inc. has built our business by adhering to our mission statement, “Linking People through Technology.” We are the developer and manufacturer of the PocketFinder™ Personal Locator and the Pocketfinder ™ Network. Location Based Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to applying and integrating existing and emerging technologies that facilitate customers’ ability to locate our Pocketfinder™ Personal Locators with increased ease of use and accuracy in an ever-growing area of service.

Our products are both switch and network-based and utilize wireless data services, voice recognition, and location-based tracking capabilities. Our PocketFinder ™ Personal Locator devices are innovative and completely wireless –providing a solution for potential users who are looking for a way to monitor the safety and location of family members, furry friends and valuables using GPS and GPRS technologies. By implementing the latest technology in location services, users can monitor both the location of their individual PocketFinder™ and other PocketFinder Personal Locator devices.

The Pocketfinder™ Personal Locator family of devices fills the growing demand for location-based devices that allow family members to keep in touch with one another in an increasingly busy world. We provide this service at the lowest price point on the market today. By taking advantage of the latest in GPS and GSM technology, The Pocketfinder ™ Personal Locator devices will revolutionize the everyday life of multiple consumer groups, including but not limited to outdoor and extreme sports enthusiasts, parents, adult children of the elderly, elder care providers of patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia, special needs providers for those with disabilities, pet owners, and for the tracking and recovery of other such valuable property.

Tele Atlas Wireless GPS Study polled U.S. mobile phone users 10/22/2007:

Eighty-four percent of respondents expressed interest in child-locator services that would show a route to where their child is currently, and 47 percent expressed interest in friend-locator services.

Company Background

Location Based Technologies is in the pre-production stage of manufacturing PocketFinder personal locators. PocketFinders are small personal location devices designed to give parents, guardians and pet owners peace of mind. Utilizing the U.S. Department of Defense's multi-billion dollar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and existing wireless technology, our team of engineers have developed technology which allows our network of members to locate anyone carrying our device, whether that person is inside of a building/structure or in the great outdoors (Systems and Method Patent pending). PocketFinders are small, rugged and water proof. The devices can be used to locate children, elderly or disabled persons and pets, as well as tracking of valued personal property.