Electronic tire management system

A vehicle comprising:

• a plurality of tires;
• a sensor for monitoring the operational characteristics of the tires;
• a first transceiver associated with the vehicle for transmitting the monitored operational characteristics of the tires;
• and
• a second transceiver associated with a display at the vehicle depot;
• and
• a processor coupled to the first transceiver that periodically partially awakens and searches for a forward link packet from the vehicle depot and, if detected, causes the first transceiver to transmit the operational characteristics to the second transceiver, which routs information relating to the operational characteristics of the tires to the display.

A system comprising:

• a display located at a fixed location;
• a transceiver coupled to the display;
• and
• a tire tag associated with a vehicle tire, the tag including a memory for storing characteristics of the tire, the tire tag periodically awakening to examine a transmission from the transceiver and to at least partially identify the transmission as an interrogation signal, the tag transmitting data representative of the tire characteristics to the transceiver in response to the interrogation signal, wherein the display displays the data.

A system for displaying the operational status of at least one tire of a vehicle when the vehicle moves proximate to a vehicle depot, comprising:

• a sensor associated with one or more tires of the vehicle for monitoring the operational status of the tires;
• a transceiver on the vehicle for transmitting data relating to the operational status of the tires;
• a display located at the vehicle depot for viewing data relating to the operational status of the tires;
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• a processor, for controlling the sensor and the transceiver, that periodically awakens and searches for a forward link packet from the vehicle depot and, if detected, causes the transceiver to transmit the data relating to the operational status of the tires.