Method, system and apparatus for equipment monitoring and access control

A collector device mounted on a physical asset comprising a construction vehicle having an ignition interrupt and one or more sensors integrated therein, comprising:

• a memory configured to store an asset identifier corresponding to the physical asset;
• a remote interface configured to enable communication with an access control server;
• a telematics interface configured to enable communication with the ignition interrupt and the one or more sensors of the physical asset;
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• a processor configured to:
• monitor the physical asset by (i) receiving sensor data from the one or more sensors via the telematics interface, wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of operational measurements corresponding to the physical asset, (ii) generate status data for the physical asset, wherein the status data includes the asset identifier and the sensor data, and (iii) transmit the status data for the physical asset to the access control server via the remote interface;
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• control access to the physical asset by operating the ignition interrupt via the telematics interface.

A system for monitoring and controlling access to a physical asset having an ignition interrupt and one or more sensors integrated therein, comprising:

• an access control server configured to store (i) an asset record containing an asset identifier corresponding to the physical asset and (ii) an account record containing an account identifier corresponding to a user of the physical asset, wherein the access control server is further configured to:
• receive an authorization request containing the account identifier and the asset identifier from a client computing device, wherein the authorization request includes one of an access request and a request for future access;
• determine, based on a comparison between the asset record and the account record, whether to authorize the request;
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• when the determination is affirmative, update at least one of the asset record and the account record to include an indication that the user corresponding to the account identifier is authorized to access the physical asset;
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• a collector device mounted on the physical asset and configured to store the asset identifier, wherein the collector device is further configured to:
• monitor the physical asset by (i) receiving sensor data from the one or more sensors, wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of operational measurements corresponding to the physical asset, (ii) generate status data for the physical asset, wherein the status data includes the asset identifier and the sensor data, and (iii) transmit the status data for the physical asset to the access control server, wherein the access control server is configured to update the asset record based on the status data, and
• control access to the physical asset by operating the ignition interrupt.