US 2018/0018618 A1Published application

System and method for tracking assets

AssigneeTransvoyant, Inc.

InventorDennis William Groseclose

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Abstract

Methods and systems and method of tracking the location of an object. The method includes assigning a unique first device identifier, associating the first device with an object, and storing the unique identifier and an identifier for the object associated with the first device in a location server. The method also includes transmitting a first message containing the unique identifier, but not the first device location, receiving the first message at a second device, and transmitting a second message from the second device containing the unique identifier and a second device location. The method also includes, at the location server, receiving the second message, associating the location of the second device with the first device, storing the location of the second device, receiving a request for the location of the object, and in response to the request, providing the unique identifier and the second device location.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of tracking the location of an object, comprising:

assigning a unique identifier for a first communication device, wherein the first communication device does not have the capability to determine its location;
associating the first communication device with an object;
storing the unique identifier and an identifier for the object associated with the first communication device in a location server;
transmitting a first message from the first communication device containing the unique identifier, wherein the first message does not include the location of the first communication device;
receiving at a second communication device the first message transmitted by the first communication device;
transmitting a second message from the second communication device containing the unique identifier and a location of the second communication device;
receiving the second message at the location server;
at the location server, associating the location of the second communication device with the first communication device;
storing at the location server, the location of the second communication device;
at the location server, receiving a request for the location of the object;
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at the location server, in response to the request, providing the unique identifier and the location of the second communication device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.