Method and System for Automatic Power Management of Portable Internet of Things Devices
AssigneeTrackonomy Systems, Inc.
InventorsHendrik J Volkerink, Ajay Khoche
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Abstract
Wireless tracking devices are configured to automatically turn on and off without user interactions. Wireless tracking devices operating in a first mode perform periodic scans of an environment. Scanning may, for example, determine a number of other tracking devices within a threshold distance, or may comprise capturing sensor data using one or more sensors of the wireless tracking device. Based on information captured by the scan, wireless tracking devices determine that a change in environment or status of a journey has occurred and enters a second mode of operation.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- operating, by a wireless internet of things (IOT) device associated with an IOT system, in a first mode;
- performing, by the wireless IOT device, a periodic scan of an environment of the wireless IOT device;
- analyzing, by the wireless IOT device, information captured by the periodic scan of the environment;
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- responsive to the analysis, initiating, by the wireless IOT device, a second mode of operation, the second mode of operation corresponding to conditions or information on the environment determined based on the periodic scan.
A method comprising:
- operating, by a wireless internet of things (IOT) device associated with an IOT system, in a first power mode, the first power mode corresponding to the environment of the wireless IOT device having a first set of conditions;
- periodically performing, by the wireless IOT device, a scan of an environment of the wireless IOT device;
- determining, by the wireless IOT device, a change in the conditions of the environment based on data from the periodic scan, wherein the environment now has a second set of conditions;
- responsive to the analysis, initiating, by the wireless IOT device, a second mode of operation, the second mode of operation corresponding to the environment of the wireless IOT device having the second set of conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.