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This specially encoded QR code is unique for every tag and belongs to YOU, the dynotag owner.

Every dynotag has a private web page that is addressed by the QR code or the provided unique web address - this enables a dynotag to be easily readable by smart phones (scan the QR code) or a web browser on any computer (visit the web address). Tough, abrasion resistant, weatherproof synthetic stickers with industrial strength permanent adhesive. Never lose anything! Can be applied to many items such as phone, laptop, tablet, camera, luggage, briefcase, backpack, camping equipment, sports equipment... Easy, intelligent property tracking: Access/update tag information anytime from a Web browser.

Owner gets to see tag information accesses with GPS assisted location information on a zoomable global map. Secure or Open: you choose. Information can be password protected and secured - or can be shared on FB, Twitter, email. as configured by the owner. Industry leading features. Lifetime subscription and unlimited storage is included. NO recurring plan is required. Dynotags can be upgraded as needed for even more features as dynotag smart tag service is constantly enhanced. Makes a great gift, satisfaction guaranteed! Use on laptops, e-readers, cell phones, cameras - anything you don't want to lose. WHAT IS A DYNOTAG? A dynotag is an Web-enabled, GPS assisted QR Smart Tag that can be read using a smartphone or a computer. NO batteries or moving parts. Easy to use, the dynotag instantly displays any information you, its owner, wants to share such as contact information, medical information, documents, photos, recordings. There are virtually NO size limits to the information included on the dynotag, and you can easily update your information at ANY time. Dynotag accounts are free: Let dynotag have your contact and relevant information accessible when needed.

• Specially encoded QR code is unique for every tag and belongs to YOU, the dynotag owner. Every dynotag has a private web page that is addressed by the QR code or the provided unique web address - this enables a dynotag to be easily readable by smart phones (scan the QR code) or a web browser on any computer (visit the web address).
• Tough, abrasion resistant, weatherproof synthetic stickers with industrial strength permanent adhesive.
• Never lose anything! Can be applied to many items such as phone, laptop, tablet, camera, luggage, briefcase, backpack, camping equipment, sports equipment...
• Easy, intelligent property tracking: Access/update tag information anytime from a Web browser. Owner gets to see tag information accesses with GPS assisted location information on a zoomable global map. Secure or Open: you choose. Information can be password protected and secured - or can be shared on FB, Twitter, email. as configured by the owner.
• Industry leading features. Lifetime subscription and unlimited storage is included. NO recurring plan is required. Dynotags can be upgraded as needed for even more features as dynotag smart tag service is constantly enhanced.

How Dynotag Works

The GPS functionality works via the application that views the dynotag. In other words, dynotag server software (which is always on-line) works together with the QR scanning application or web browser application that is used to view the tag.

Dynotag merchandise is passive - there are no electronics or moving parts. This makes them very tough and secure.

What dynotag merchandise has is the address of a dynotag that is maintained by the dynotag cloud service. That address is presented in a QR code that can be read by many smartphones and as a web address that can be typed into a web browser.

Smart phones these days have very good location services as they use multiple ways to pinpoint their location - Cellular network, WiFi hotspots nearby and built-in GPS. Consequently they can return very accurate location, even if they do not have the GPS turned on.

For laptops/desktop computers - the ones connected to a home network (fixed network, such as cable, DSL, even via a private WiFi) can return fairly precise location, within a block or so.

For any dynotag, the owner can log in and "View" the dynotag. On the owner view screen, there is a map with pins on it showing the locations of access, as well as a list of accesses (most recent first) with access time, location and estimated precision information. This map is visible only to the owner of the dynotag. 

When any third party viewer reads the dynotag content by either scanning the QR code or visiting the web address of the tag via a web browser, dynotag server software asks the requesting application to tell its their location, as precisely as they can.

This results in a "Dynotag wants to learn your location, OK?" prompt from the web browser or QR code scanning application or web browser that is used to view the tag by the third party.

At that point, the viewer of the tag has a choice: 

• If they choose "Yes" then the browser or application will send the best coordinate information they have. 
• If they choose "No" then we do not get the precise coordinate information from that viewer. However, we still get the Internet address of the viewer and try to infer the location from that. Precision is unfortunately lower in that case.

So -  in the case of a mobile viewer, if the viewer of the tag does not want to share the information, we do not get the precise coordinates. Even that case, we fall back to the Internet address of the viewer the request was made from - and use a secondary, less precise mechanism to estimate where that IP address could be on the planet. While this strategy works OK about 80% of the time, the precision can be low as it does not work well with smart phones because of the way wireless carriers handle Internet connections.

No matter who views the dynotag content around the planet, we always try to get the location information of the viewer and add that to the view log of the tag, as the access takes place.

In a related note: On tags attached to your belongings, or with loved ones' Emergency Info tags, we strongly recommend enabling "receive an e-mail when the tag is viewed". That way, you will immediately know when the tag contents are accessed. 

Please note that all times marked in tag access logs are GMT - meaning  that they are Greenwich Mean Time (London standard). This helps record  the access time correctly no matter where on the planet the dynotag is viewed from. 

In some cases, the tags are used to share information in a social network post and accesses can take place from all over the planet within minutes.  In other words, physical scanning of the QR code is not required to read the dynotag contents - all one needs to do is get the web address of the dynotag - and click on that link.  

The dynotag service records all tag view accesses properly and pins them on the owner's "tag view map" for quick and convenient review. 

Dynotag Features

Dynotags are unlike bulky, battery powered GPS devices because Dynotags:

• Do not have any electronics
• Do not have a battery
• Do not require recurring subscription plans.
• Are very resilient to abuse, waterproof, weatherproof yet weigh very little.
• The information content of a dynotag cannot be lost because it resides in the "cloud", the tag only contains its unique address.
• The information content can be updated anytime using a web browser.
• Affordable.

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