Asset tag and methods and devices for restocking and asset tracking

A hard hat, bicycle or motorcycle helmet incorporating an asset tag, the asset tag comprising:

• a first component encoded with a first ID unique to the asset tag, the first component having a first wireless interface and being adapted to transmit first broadcast signals via said first wireless interface over a first range, the first broadcast signals including the first ID;
• a user-actuatable button;
• processing circuitry, coupled to the button and to at least the first wireless interface, the processing circuitry being configured for (i) determining whether a predetermined gesture has been performed by a user using the button and (ii) if the predetermined gesture has been performed, transmitting via the first wireless interface to a wireless access point a restock message, the restock message including the first ID and indicating that restocking is required of assets corresponding to the first ID;
• and
• an accelerometer coupled to the processing circuitry;
• wherein the processing circuitry is configured to store time and/or amplitude data for any impacts recorded by the accelerometer above a threshold impact level.

A method of configuring an asset tag, the method comprising, during manufacture and/or assembly of the asset tag, (i) obtaining a first ID from a first component and writing or rewriting the first ID to a storage element of a second component and (ii) turning off the second component, wherein

• the asset tag comprises
• the first component encoded with the first ID unique to the asset tag, the first component having a first wireless interface and being adapted to transmit first broadcast signals via said first wireless interface over a first range, the first broadcast signals including the first ID;
• a user-actuatable button;
• processing circuitry, coupled to the button and to at least the first wireless interface, the processing circuitry being configured for (i) determining whether a predetermined gesture has been performed by a user using the button and (ii) if the predetermined gesture has been performed, transmitting via the first wireless interface to a wireless access point a restock message, the restock message including the first ID and indicating that restocking is required of assets corresponding to the first ID
• the second component encoded with a second ID unique to the asset tag, the second component having a second wireless interface and being adapted to transmit second broadcast signals via said second wireless interface over a second range, the second broadcast signals including the second ID,
• wherein the processing circuitry is coupled to the second wireless interface and configured for transmitting the restock message via the first wireless interface and/or second wireless interface, the restock message including the first ID and/or the second ID and indicating that restocking is required of assets corresponding to the first and/or second ID.