Wireless Tag Apparatus and Related Methods
AssigneeVypin, LLC
InventorRobert W. Sengstaken, JR.
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Abstract
An asset tag apparatus and methods of monitoring assets with an asset tag are provided. The asset tag apparatus includes a housing and a wireless transmitter located within the housing. A processor is located within the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the wireless transmitter. An accelerometer is positioned within the housing, wherein the accelerometer is in communication with the processor, wherein a wake-up signal is transmitted from the accelerometer to the processor in response to an activation of the accelerometer, and wherein the wireless transmitter transmits a signal externally from the housing in response to the wake-up signal received by the processor.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a wireless tag apparatus configured to be paired with an asset of interest such that the asset of interest is able to be wirelessly tracked utilizing a computing device external to and in wireless communication with the wireless tag apparatus, a first radio frequency (RF) signal of a first frequency range, the first RF signal including data pertaining to an identity of a remote source of the first RF signal;
- and
- transmitting, via the wireless tag apparatus, a second RF signal of a second frequency range that differs from the first frequency range, the second RF signal including the data pertaining to the identity of the remote source of the first RF signal, wherein transmitting the second RF signal occurs:
- at a first transmission rate when the wireless tag apparatus is in a low-power state;
- and
- at a second transmission rate when the wireless tag apparatus is in an active state, wherein the second transmission rate is greater than the first transmission rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.