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US 10,945,105 B1Granted
Asset tracking systems and methods
AssigneeRooster, LLC
InventorsRyan R. Konen, Stephen D. Ore, Timothy J. Carney, Steve R. Hardwick, Dustin M. Gary, Doran N. Schwartz, Jarrod B. Piper, Matthew J. H. Kenney, Daniel A. Holmgren
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Abstract
Asset tracking systems and methods include one or more tracking devices that pair with one or more hub devices to transmit sensor data from a tracking device only to a paired hub device with a hub device state quality rating, and from the paired hub device to a network server, thereby reducing redundant communications and communication network usage.
Claims30
An asset tracking system comprising:
- a plurality of hub devices, each hub device to receive a pair request, determine a state quality value of the hub device based on a combination of a plurality of states of the hub device comprising at least:
- a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the pair request,
- a power status of the hub device indicative of whether or not the hub device is connected to an external power source,
- a signal strength of a cellular signal at the hub device, wherein the hub device communicates with a network server through a cellular network, and
- a special offset value provided by the network server, and
- transmit a pair response with the state quality value;
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- a tracking device connectable to an asset device and comprising at least one sensor to sense activity of the asset device, the tracking device to transmit the pair request, receive the pair responses with the state quality values from the plurality of hub devices, select one hub device with a best state quality value with which to pair from the plurality of hub devices, and transmit one or more communications with sensor data of activity of the asset device to the selected hub device.
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An asset tracking system comprising:
- a plurality of hub devices, each hub device to receive a pair request, determine a value based on a plurality of states of the hub device, and transmit a pair response with the value, wherein the plurality of states of the hub device used by the hub device to determine the value comprise at least:
- a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the pair request,
- a power status of the hub device indicative of whether or not the hub device is connected to an external power source,
- a signal strength of a cellular signal at the hub device, and
- a special offset value provided by a network server;
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- a tracking device connectable to an asset device and comprising at least one sensor to sense activity of the asset device, the tracking device to transmit the pair request, receive the pair responses with the values from the plurality of hub devices, select one hub device of the plurality of hub devices with which to pair based on the values in the pair responses, and transmit one or more communications with sensor data of activity of the asset device to the one hub device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.