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US 10,568,034 B2Granted
Intelligent power management for monitoring a movable object
AssigneeBlustream Corporation
InventorsRobert Bean, Michael Dominick Audi, James Michael Gordon, Jr., Kenneth N. Rapp, William Buote
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Abstract
Sensor data characterizing an event associated with a movable object is received. Based on the sensor data, an objective from a plurality of predefined objectives for monitoring the movable object is selected. A series of operational states having increasing power requirement levels is transitioned through. At each operational state, whether the selected objective is achievable using a respective method associated with the respective operational state and respective power requirement level is determined. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- receiving sensor data characterizing an event associated with a movable object;
- selecting, based on the sensor data, an objective from a plurality of predefined objectives for monitoring the movable object;
- transitioning through a series of operational states having increasing power requirement levels, and at each operational state determining whether the selected objective is achievable using a respective method associated with the respective operational state and respective power requirement level, wherein the selected objective comprises establishing a wireless connection with a device from a plurality of predetermined devices using a short-range wireless protocol;
- wherein at least one of the receiving, the selecting, and the transitioning is performed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system;
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- notifying, by a central server in communication with the devices, a user device associated with the movable object based on a strength of the wireless connection.
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A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate sensor data characterizing an event associated with a movable object;
- processing circuitry configured to select, based on the sensor data, an objective from a plurality of predefined objectives for monitoring the movable object and transition through a series of operational states having increasing power requirement levels, and at each operational state determine whether the selected objective is achievable using a respective method associated with the respective operational state and respective power requirement level;
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- a radio, wherein the selected objective comprises establishing a wireless connection with a device from a plurality of predetermined devices using a short-range wireless protocol,
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to notify, using the radio and by a central server in communication with the devices, a user device associated with the movable object based on a strength of the wireless connection.
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A method comprising:
- receiving sensor data characterizing an event associated with a movable object;
- selecting, based on the sensor data, an objective from a plurality of predefined objectives for monitoring the movable object;
- transitioning through a series of operational states having increasing power requirement levels, and at each operational state determining whether the selected objective is achievable using a respective method associated with the respective operational state and respective power requirement level;
- wherein at least one of the receiving, the selecting, and the transitioning is performed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system;
- searching for a predetermined device using a short-range wireless protocol,
- wherein the sensor data comprises data from a motion detector, the selected objective comprises monitoring motion of the movable object and the series of operational states comprise a sleep state, a short-range wireless communication state and a cellular communication state,
- wherein transitioning between the sleep state and the short-range wireless communication state upon receiving the data from the motion detector and transitioning between the short-range wireless communication state and the cellular communication state is based on an availability of the predetermined device;
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- notifying, by a central server in communication with one of the predetermined device and the movable object, a user device with information related to the data from the motion detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.