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US 2011/0237203 A1Published application
Wireless Sensor Interface with Mobile Terminal Satellite Modem and Global Location System
AssigneeSkyBitz, Inc.
InventorRich Battista
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing a low-power local-area wireless network for use with a mobile terminal satellite modem. This low-power local-area wireless network enables sensors on an asset to wirelessly transmit sensor data to a mobile terminal affixed on the asset. The mobile terminal reports the sensor data along with asset position information to a centralized facility via a communications satellite.
Claims15
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A wireless sensor monitoring system at an asset location, comprising:
- a first wireless device that interfaces with a satellite modem for delivery of sensor data to a remote location;
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- a second wireless device that is coupled to a sensor, said second wireless device being configured to awaken from a low power state to receive a status request from said first wireless device, said second wireless responding to said status request with measurement data generated by said sensor.
A wireless sensor interface device at an asset location, comprising:
- a first wireless device that interfaces with a satellite modem for delivery of sensor data to a remote location, said first wireless device being configured to communicate wirelessly with a second wireless device that is awakened from a low power state to receive a status request from said first wireless device, said first wireless device receiving, in response to said status request, measurement data generated by a sensor that is coupled to said second wireless device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.