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US 12,204,983 B2Granted
Asset movement and localization system and method of use
AssigneeMolocar, Inc.
InventorMichael S. Hanna
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Abstract
An asset movement and localization system deploys gateways to communicate with transmitters that are attached to an asset. The transmitters communicate with the system to provide the location of the asset. The system uses the location to determine if the asset is in the proper or desired location for a process or for presentation.
Claims20
An asset tracking and location monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of transmitter tags, each attached to an asset of a plurality of assets, each of the transmitter tags associated in a database with its respective asset, wherein each of the transmitter tags comprises a low energy beacon transmitter and being programmed with a unique identifier;
- at least one gateway;
- at least one stationary transmitter associated with the at least one gateway;
- at least one workflow database that contains at least one workflow with assigned locations, each location with a stationary transmitter associated therewith;
- wherein the at least one workflow comprises at least one task to be performed on an asset and the at least one task is associated with one of the assigned locations wherein the one of the assigned locations indicates where the at least one task is to be performed;
- wherein the gateway is configured to receive communication from the plurality of transmitter tags;
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- wherein the system is configured to remotely determine a precise location of a transmitter tag based on communication with a plurality of the gateways.
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A method for determining asset movement and location, the method comprising:
- associating, at a database, each asset of a plurality of assets with a plurality of transmitter tag unique identifiers, each of the transmitter tag unique identifiers being associated with one of a plurality of transmitter tags attached to each asset of the plurality of assets, each of the transmitter tags comprising a low energy beacon transmitter;
- associating, at the database, at least one stationary transmitter unique identifier with at least one stationary transmitter;
- receiving, by a gateway, communication from at least one of the plurality of transmitter tags;
- configuring, at the database, at least one workflow with assigned locations, wherein each location is associated with at least one of the at least one stationary transmitters and wherein the at least one workflow comprises at least one task to be performed on an asset and the at least one task is associated with one of the assigned locations wherein the one of the assigned locations indicates where the at least one task is to be performed;
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- determining, remotely from the transmitter tags, a precise location based on communication with a plurality of the gateways.
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A device for communicating movement and location, the device comprising:
- a transmitter tag comprising a low energy beacon transmitter and being programmed with a unique identifier, wherein the transmitter tag is one of a plurality of transmitter tags associated with a database configured to determine the location of the plurality of transmitter tags;
- wherein the transmitter tag is configured to communicate with at least one gateway;
- wherein the at least one gateway is further in communication with at least one stationary transmitter;
- wherein the gateway is further in communication with the database;
- wherein the database contains at least one workflow with assigned locations, each location with a stationary transmitter associated therewith;
- wherein the at least one workflow comprises at least one task to be performed on an asset and the at least one task is associated with one of the assigned locations wherein the one of the assigned locations indicates where the at least one task is to be performed;
- wherein the gateway is configured to receive communication from the plurality of transmitter tags;
- and
- wherein the database is configured to determine, remotely from the plurality of transmitter tags, a precise location based on communication with a plurality of the gateways.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.