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US 2019/0172352 A1Published application
System and method for managing movable objects
AssigneeOmnitracs, LLC
InventorMarquis D. DOYLE, III
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing a plurality of movable objects are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining a proposed pairing of a first movable object and a second movable object and confirming a coupling of the proposed pairing based on, at least in part on, detecting that the first movable object and the second movable object are moving in unison.
Claims15
A method for locating and pairing a plurality of movable objects in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- identifying, at a network management center (NMC), a proposed pairing of a truck tractor and a truck trailer;
- receiving, at the NMC, a first location information associated with the truck tractor based at least in part on a first asset tracking unit located at the truck tractor, wherein the first asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the first location information of the truck tractor to the NMC;
- receiving, at the NMC, a second location information associated with the truck trailer based at least in part on a second asset tracking unit located at the truck trailer, wherein the second asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the second location information of the truck trailer to the NMC;
- determining a location coordinates of the truck tractor and the truck trailer based at least in part on the first location information and the second location information;
- generating, by the NMC, a notification indicating that the truck tractor should proceed to physical couple the truck tractor and the truck trailer, wherein the notification includes at least the location coordinates of the truck trailer in order to allow the truck tractor to identify the truck trailer;
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- transmitting, by the NMC, the notification to a mobile computing platform located in the truck tractor.
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A network-based control computer for locating and pairing a plurality of movable objects in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- a processor communicatively coupled with the memory, the processor configured to executed the instructions to:
- identify, at a network management center (NMC), a proposed pairing of a truck tractor and a truck trailer;
- receive, at the NMC, a first location information associated with the truck tractor based at least in part on a first asset tracking unit located at the truck tractor, wherein the first asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the first location information of the truck tractor to the NMC;
- receive, at the NMC, a second location information associated with the truck trailer based at least in part on a second asset tracking unit located at the truck trailer, wherein the second asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the second location information of the truck trailer to the NMC;
- determine a location coordinates of the truck tractor and the truck trailer based at least in part on the first location information and the second location information;
- generate, by the NMC, a notification indicating that the truck tractor should proceed to physical couple the truck tractor and the truck trailer, wherein the notification includes at least the location coordinates of the truck trailer in order to allow the truck tractor to identify the truck trailer;
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- transmit, by the NMC, the notification to a mobile computing platform located in the truck tractor.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, executable by a processor of a network-based control computer for locating and pairing a plurality of movable objects in a wireless communications system, comprising instructions for:
- identifying, at a network management center (NMC), a proposed pairing of a truck tractor and a truck trailer;
- receiving, at the NMC, a first location information associated with the truck tractor based at least in part on a first asset tracking unit located at the truck tractor, wherein the first asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the first location information of the truck tractor to the NMC;
- receiving, at the NMC, a second location information associated with the truck trailer based at least in part on a second asset tracking unit located at the truck trailer, wherein the second asset tracking unit wirelessly transmits the second location information of the truck trailer to the NMC;
- determining a location coordinates of the truck tractor and the truck trailer based at least in part on the first location information and the second location information;
- generating, by the NMC, a notification indicating that the truck tractor should proceed to physical couple the truck tractor and the truck trailer, wherein the notification includes at least the location coordinates of the truck trailer in order to allow the truck tractor to identify the truck trailer;
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- transmitting, by the NMC, the notification to a mobile computing platform located in the truck tractor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.