Asset location and management system with distributed processing

A system for monitoring assets, the system comprising:

• a sensor for monitoring a condition;
• a leaf node device associated with an asset, wherein the sensor provides condition information to the leaf node device, wherein the leaf node device receives the condition information;
• a reader node device in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication with the leaf node device, wherein the leaf node device provides a signal with processed condition information data to the reader node device based at least on the condition information;
• and
• a cloud server in wireless communication with the reader node device, wherein the reader node device receives the signal from the leaf node device, determines location and condition indicator data regarding the asset based at least on the signal, and provides the location and condition indicator data to the cloud server, wherein the cloud server receives the location and condition indicator data regarding the asset from the reader node device, and further processes the location and condition indicator data to provide a record associated with the asset including its current location and condition status, and wherein processing of data to provide a record associated with the asset occurs both at the cloud server and at the reader node device,
• wherein a first locale includes the sensor, the reader node device, the leaf node device, and other node devices which are able to communicate with each other via a protocol other than an internet protocol,
• wherein the node devices of the first locale store locally programmatic logic, process flows, and historic data for associated assets which pertain to physical locations in which the devices of the first locale are able to communicate,
• wherein when the node devices of the first locale are unable to communicate with the cloud server, the node devices of the first locale perform tasks associated with the programmatic logic and process flows locally, and store historic data generated during such a time span, and
• when the node devices of the first locale, having lost an ability to communicate with the cloud server, are once again able to communicate with the cloud server, the node devices of the first locale transmit to the cloud server the historic data the node devices of the first locale generated during the time span the communication did not occur.