Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tags for automated location and monitoring of moveable objects and related systems
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Application No.: US16799376Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US10971265B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Stephen S. Jackson
- Applicant: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Ference & Associates LLC
- Main IPC: G16H40/20
- IPC: G16H40/20 ; G06K19/077 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06K19/07 ; G08B13/24 ; G06K7/10 ; G06F19/00

Abstract:
An example embodiment provides a method, including: transmitting, from a hub, a request for information stored by at least one receiver, the request for information requesting information related to at least one tag affixed to a moveable object; receiving, at the hub from the at least one receiver, (i) presence information from the at least one tag affixed to a moveable object and (ii) identifying information of the at least one tag identifying the at least one tag and the moveable object corresponding to the at least one tag, wherein the presence information is received by the at least one receiver when the at least one tag is within a defined perimeter of the at least one receiver; receiving, at the hub from at least one receiver, use state information identifying a current use state of the moveable object received from the at least one tag; and storing, within a database associated with the hub, the presence information, identifying information, and use state information for the at least one tag and the moveable object, wherein the storing comprises updating a status of the at least one tag and the moveable object within the database with the presence information, identifying information, and use state information.
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