US 7,656,271 B2Granted

System and method for managing a remotely located asset

AssigneeI.D. Systems, Inc.

InventorsKenneth S. Ehrman, Michael L. Ehrman, Jeffrey M. Jagid, Joseph M. Pinzon, Yaron Hecker, Leonard Pimentel

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Abstract

A commercially viable solution for providing an asset management system that provides for accessing assets, tracking location of assets, managing OSHA compliance of the assets, and monitoring impact of the assets. The asset management system may utilize system architecture having intelligent wireless devices associated with the individual assets. The use of intelligent wireless devices allows for the asset management system to operate and maintain functionality substantially without loss of data in the event of a loss of communication between the wireless devices and a management computing system via a network, including an out-of-range condition of the wireless devices with respect to a local monitor.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A system for providing access to a mobile asset, comprising:

an access control device on a mobile asset, the access control device in communication with the mobile asset to selectively control whether the mobile asset is enabled for operation;
a memory in the access control device for storing in the access control device data which identifies a group of potential asset operators who are permitted to operate that mobile asset, the stored data further comprising authorization condition data associated with the group of one or more potential asset operators, the authorization condition data specifying certain environmental conditions which must exist in order for the mobile asset to be enabled for operation;
an input for the access control device that receives from an accessing operator an identifier;
a processor in the access control device configured to compare the received identifier to the stored data in order to confirm that the accessing operator is one of the group of permitted potential asset operators, compare a current environmental condition for the mobile asset to the authorization condition data in order to confirm that the specified certain environmental conditions for the group of potential asset operators to which the accessing operator belongs have been met, and control the mobile asset to be enabled for operation by the accessing operator if the comparisons are satisfied.

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A system for providing access to a mobile asset, comprising:

an access control device on a mobile asset, the access control device in communication with the mobile asset to selectively control whether the mobile asset is enabled for operation;
a memory in the access control device storing data which identifies a group of one or more potential asset operators who are permitted to operate that mobile asset;
an input for the access control device that receives from an accessing operator an identifier;
a processor in the access control device configured to compare the received identifier to the stored data in order to confirm that the accessing operator is one of the group of permitted potential asset operators, and control the mobile asset to be enabled for operation by the accessing operator if the comparison is satisfied;
a transceiver for the access control device that receives over a wireless communications link by the access control device the data that is then stored in the access control device, the wireless sly received and stored data comprises authorization condition data associated with the group of potential operators, the authorization condition data specifying certain environmental conditions which must exist in order for the mobile asset to be enabled for operation;
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wherein the processor compares a current environmental condition for the mobile asset to the authorization condition data in order to confirm that the specified certain environmental conditions for the group of potential asset operators to which the accessing operator belongs have been met before controlling the mobile asset to be enabled for operation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/426,173Filed 28 Apr 2003 · continuation in part
Priority: 9 Jan 2002
Published: US 2003/0130913 A14 Dec 2003
Granted: 2 Feb 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification37 codes

H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
B60R 25/04
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
B60R 25/102
Actuating a signalling device: a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security…
B60R 25/302
Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems: using recording means, e.g. black box

Family

Application10/043,361Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Jan 2002
US 2003/0225707 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Dec 2003
US 2003/0130913 A1Published application
US 7,356,494 B2Related patent
US 7,656,271 B2This patent

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