Asset monitoring and tracking with a distributed bluetooth low energy (btle) sensor system of heterogeneous sensors over wireless networks

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code that, when executed by a process, performs a method for tracking physical assets with wireless Bluetooth low energy (BTLE) sensors distributed around a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:

• associating a Bluetooth asset having a Bluetooth radio with a specific set of business rules;
• receiving scan event data from at least one of a plurality of Bluetooth sensors having Bluetooth radios, the plurality of Bluetooth sensors being wirelessly connected to the communication network, the scan event data resulting from a scan event wherein the Bluetooth asset was within range of the at least one Bluetooth sensor;
• analyzing the scan event against the business rules;
• determining that at scan event meets at least one condition of at least one of the specific set of business rules;
• and responsive to the determination, sending a notification.

A server for tracking physical assets with wireless Bluetooth low energy (BILE) sensors distributed around a communication network, the server comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory, storing:
• a first module to associate a Bluetooth asset having a Bluetooth radio with a specific set of business rules;
• a second module to receive scan event data from at least one of a plurality of Bluetooth sensors having Bluetooth radios, the plurality of Bluetooth sensors being wirelessly connected to the communication network, the scan event data resulting from a scan event wherein the Bluetooth asset was within range of the at least one Bluetooth sensor;
• a third module to analyze the scan event against the business rules;
• a fourth module to determine that at scan event meets at least one condition of at least one of the specific set of business rules;
• and
• a fifth module to, responsive to the determination, send a notification.