ABTAGS: Lost & Found Contact QR Tags for Smartphones, Tablets, and E-readers

Reuniting with your lost phone has never been so easy! Here are some hypotheticals in which you might use a code.

• You dropped your phone while jogging, cycling, or walking. Phones have a tendency to randomly fall out of your pocket while you’re on the go, meaning that if you lose it on the streets or in an establishment, it could be potentially be lost forever. Not knowing where you actually dropped the device is the problem here, as well as not having a way to retrieve it. Thankfully, since you’ve set up your QR tag, any curious person who finds your phone and scans the code VAR_34_will _automatically_alert_ and trigger the aforementioned return process.
• You lost your phone while traveling Or forgot it in the airport, hotel, or Airbnb. Let’s say you left your phone charging in your hotel room then later check out without noticing. Or perhaps you left your phone on your airplane seat by accident. There are all sorts of ways to lose a device while traveling. In any case, the local workers will be there to help, and by providing them with a quick way to contact you on your secondary devices, you ensure you have full knowledge of the situation and can quickly get your primary device back.
• You left your device behind on campus, like in a classroom, cafeteria, library, etc. Tablets and phones are left in schools, colleges, and universities just as often as they’re left behind anywhere else. Whether your principal, teacher, or a campus janitor eventually finds your phone, the abTag system will work. Your device will likely be moved to a lost-and-found section of campus, and there, someone is sure to scan the code and contact you so you can figure out how to retrieve it.
• You lost your phone or tablet after a taxi ride. This is a classic case. You exit a cab or car service and leave your phone in the seat pocket or on the seat itself. Forgetting your phone in another person’s car can be quite a frightening experience, as you realize you have no idea where or how far that car has driven since you left it.i But if you’ve prepared for this by adding a tag to your device, the driver simply has to notice the lost device and scan your tag . Once you get notified of the scan, just ask the finder when and where they can get it back to you. It’s that simple.
• You left your device on a store/restaurant counter or table after paying. Imagine this scenario: you finish your meal at a restaurant and you pay for it via Google Pay or some other contactless payment app. You return home and rest, only to later realize your phone is not in your bag or pocket. Not knowing where exactly you left it, you go to your PC or laptop to check for messages, and there is one reading Hey, I just found your phone . You see that it was sent around the time you left the restaurant. Well, congratulations, because this means all you have to do is return to the restaurant where you left it and retrieve it or discuss another meeting place/time with the finder!
• You lost your phone while shopping, attending an event, or partying. Sometimes, even something as simple as going out for groceries or attending a small party can end with you losing your phone. Not to worry, though, because this means you lost it where there are many people around and it will be much easier for someone to notice you’ve left your phone unattended . It will either get handed over to the event organizers or venue staff, or the problem will get solved on a basic level directly with the finder. Either way, you will get your phone back in no time.
• There’s been a mix-up among devices. Mix-ups among similar or entirely identical device models are nothing new. Luckily, our tag serves multiple purposes, meaning that if you ever find yourself looking for your phone and aren’t sure which one is yours, you can just check the back for the tag . It also goes vice versa; the abTag code prevents other people from taking your phone by accident if they look similar, as the QR code serves as an easy identifier.