Asset tags

An asset tag device comprising:

• an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless broadcasts;
• a processing device operatively coupled to the antenna;
• and
• a memory, coupled to the processing device and storing instructions of an asset tag manager, that the instructions when executed cause the processing device to:
• scan, during a scanning window, for wireless broadcasts from beacon devices located at fixed locations, wherein a wireless broadcast comprises a beacon identifier in a data packet, and wherein the to the asset tag manager is associated with an asset;
• filter the wireless broadcasts to generate a subset of the wireless broadcasts, wherein the filtering is based on at least one of signal strength of the respective wireless broadcast or an identifier indicating an unapproved device having transmitted the wireless broadcast;
• identify, within the subset of the wireless broadcasts, a first wireless broadcast with a first data packet in view of an indication that a first beacon device is within a specified distance from the asset tag manager, the first beacon device having transmitted the first wireless broadcast;
• parse the first data packet to locate a first beacon identifier associated with a first beacon device;
• create a second data packet with the first beacon identifier and an asset tag identifier associated with the asset;
• and
• transmit a second wireless broadcast comprising the second data packet, the second wireless broadcast to be received by a hub.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage including instruction that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• scan, during a scanning window, for wireless broadcasts from beacon devices located at fixed locations, wherein a wireless broadcast comprises a beacon identifier in a data packet, and wherein an asset tag manager is associated with an asset;
• filter the wireless broadcasts to generate a subset of the wireless broadcasts, wherein the filtering is based on at least one of signal strength of the respective wireless broadcast or an identifier indicating an unapproved device having transmitted the wireless broadcast;
• identify, within the subset of the wireless broadcasts, a first wireless broadcast with a first data packet in view of an indication that a first beacon device is within a specified distance from the asset tag manager, the first beacon device having transmitted the first wireless broadcast;
• parse the first data packet to locate a first beacon identifier associated with a first beacon device;
• create a second data packet with the first beacon identifier and an asset tag identifier associated with the asset;
• and
• transmit a second wireless broadcast comprising the second data packet, the second wireless broadcast to be received by a hub.