System and Method for Generating an Alert for a Trailer
AssigneeSkyBitz, Inc.
InventorJohn McKethan
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Abstract
A system and method for generating an alert signal for a trailer. Proper truck/trailer matching is based on a proximity analysis between position reports for a truck and position reports for a trailer. In one embodiment, this proximity analysis is triggered by a detection of movement in a trailer. In the proximity analysis, unexpected deviations in proximity between a truck and a trailer would lead to a generation of an alert signal that is sent to the appropriate management system for investigation.
Claims19
A method of generating an alert for a trailer, comprising:
- receiving, via a communication satellite, a motion detection report from a mobile terminal affixed to said trailer;
- determining whether a reported position of a truck assigned to said trailer is in proximity to a reported position of said trailer;
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- generating an alert if it is determined that said reported position of said truck is not in proximity to said reported position of said trailer.
A method of generating an alert for an asset being transported by an asset transporter, comprising:
- receiving, via a satellite communication network, a motion detection report that indicates that an asset has moved, said motion detection report being generated based on a reading of a sensor attached to said asset;
- identifying a position of an asset transporter that has been assigned to transport said asset;
- determining whether said identified position of said asset transporter is in proximity to an identified position of said asset;
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- generating an alert if said identified position of said asset transporter is not in proximity to said identified position of said asset.
A system for generating an alert for an asset being transported, comprising:
- a polling system that polls an asset transporter for a position;
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- a proximity analysis system that determines whether a reported position of said asset transporter in response to a poll is in proximity to a reported position of said asset, said reported position of said asset being determined based on a satellite communication received from a mobile terminal affixed to said asset, wherein if said reported position of said asset transporter is determined not to be in proximity to said reported position of said asset, said proximity analysis system generates an alert.
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