Events based asset location and management system
First Claim
1. An asset location and management system comprising:
- at least one cloud server; and
multiple reader nodes, each reader node comprising;
at least one BLE radio configured to communicate with a plurality of peripheral devices, wherein each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices is associated with and monitors a physical location or a physical state of a respective asset of a plurality of assets;
a local services module in communication with the at least one BLE radio and configured to analyze data associated with each asset of the plurality of assets; and
a communications manager in communication with the local services module and configured to communicate with the at least one cloud server, andwherein the at least one cloud server comprises;
a communications module for receiving, from the communications manager of at least one of the multiple reader nodes, an analyzed data set associated with at least one asset of the plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the at least one BLE radio of that reader node, wherein the analyzed data set includes physical location data;
a process flow library describing how distinct types of assets are expected to move through a facility;
a rules library describing a plurality of trigger events associated with the distinct types of assets and identifying a corresponding action for each trigger event; and
a real-time compute engine configured to generate a sequence of events based in part on the analyzed data set associated with the at least one asset and a determined type of the at least one asset and determine, using the process flow library, whether the at least one asset is traveling in an expected manner.
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Abstract
An asset location and management system, the system including multiple reader nodes, each reader node having a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio in communication with a plurality of peripheral devices, a local service module and a communications manager in communication with a cloud server. The system further including the cloud server having a communication module, a process flow library to describe how peripheral devices are expected to move through a facility, a rules library describing trigger events associated with one or more peripheral device and identifying a corresponding action for each trigger event, and a real-time compute engine to generate a sequence of events based on the data from the peripheral devices and the process flow library.
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22 Claims
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1. An asset location and management system comprising:
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at least one cloud server; and multiple reader nodes, each reader node comprising; at least one BLE radio configured to communicate with a plurality of peripheral devices, wherein each peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices is associated with and monitors a physical location or a physical state of a respective asset of a plurality of assets; a local services module in communication with the at least one BLE radio and configured to analyze data associated with each asset of the plurality of assets; and a communications manager in communication with the local services module and configured to communicate with the at least one cloud server, and wherein the at least one cloud server comprises; a communications module for receiving, from the communications manager of at least one of the multiple reader nodes, an analyzed data set associated with at least one asset of the plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the at least one BLE radio of that reader node, wherein the analyzed data set includes physical location data; a process flow library describing how distinct types of assets are expected to move through a facility; a rules library describing a plurality of trigger events associated with the distinct types of assets and identifying a corresponding action for each trigger event; and a real-time compute engine configured to generate a sequence of events based in part on the analyzed data set associated with the at least one asset and a determined type of the at least one asset and determine, using the process flow library, whether the at least one asset is traveling in an expected manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An asset location and management system comprising:
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a communications module for receiving, from a reader node of a plurality of reader nodes, a stream of data associated with at least one of a plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the at least one of the plurality of reader nodes, wherein the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices is associated with and monitors a physical location and a physical state of an asset, and wherein the stream of data includes physical location data of the asset; a process flow library describing how distinct types of assets are expected to move through a facility; a rules library describing a plurality of trigger events associated with the distinct types of assets and identifying a corresponding action for each trigger event; and a real-time compute engine configured to generate a sequence of events based in part on the stream of data associated with the asset and a determined type of the asset and determine, using the process flow library, whether the asset is traveling in an expected manner. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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