Method and apparatus for tracking assets

A tracking device to be mounted on an asset, the tracking device comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled with the non-transitory computer readable storage medium to process the stored instructions to:
• receive, from a management server, configuration parameters including first configuration parameters that include a first data transmission rate, second configuration parameters that include a second data transmission rate, and a first plurality of motion definition parameters that define a first type of movement for the asset to be considered as being mobile or stationary,
• automatically enter into an active mode of the tracking device during a first interval of time, wherein the active mode includes:
• responsive to determining, based on first motion sensor measurements and the first plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is stationary, transmit, at the first data transmission rate, first location data of the asset to the management server, and
• responsive to determining, based on second motion sensor measurements and the first plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is mobile, transmit, at the second data transmission rate, second location data of the asset to the management server;
• and
• receive, from the management server, a second plurality of motion definition parameters that define a second type of movement for the asset to be considered as being mobile or stationary, wherein the second type of movement is different from the first type of movement;
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• when operating in the active mode of the tracking device during a second interval of time that is different from the first interval of time, perform the following
• responsive to determining, based on the second plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is stationary, transmit, at the first data transmission rate, third location data of the asset to the management server, and
• responsive to determining, based on the second plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is mobile, transmit, at the second data transmission rate, fourth location data of the asset to the management server.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that provide instructions, which when executed by a processor of a tracking device to be mounted on an asset, cause said processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a management server, configuration parameters including first configuration parameters that include a first data transmission rate, second configuration parameters that include a second data transmission rate, and a first plurality of motion definition parameters that define a first type of movement for the asset to be considered as being mobile or stationary;
• automatically entering into an active mode of the tracking device during a first interval of time, wherein the active mode includes:
• responsive to determining, based on first motion sensor measurements and the first plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is stationary, transmitting, at the first data transmission rate, first location data of the asset to the management server, and
• responsive to determining, based on second motion sensor measurements and the first plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is mobile, transmitting, at the second data transmission rate, second location data of the asset to the management server;
• and
• receiving, from the management server, a second plurality of motion definition parameters that define a second type of movement for the asset to be considered as being mobile or stationary, wherein the second type of movement is different from the first type of movement;
• and
• when operating in the active mode of the tracking device during a second interval of time that is different from the first interval of time, performing the following
• responsive to determining, based on the second plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is stationary, transmitting, at the first data transmission rate, third location data of the asset to the management server, and
• responsive to determining, based on the second plurality of motion definition parameters, that the asset is mobile, transmitting, at the second data transmission rate, fourth location data of the asset to the management server.