Asset tracking methods and apparatus
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1. A device comprising:
- a transmitter to transmit wireless signals to at least one network access point;
a receiver to receive signals having direction information therein; and
a display device to display the direction information.
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Abstract
A network may determine the location of network nodes and asset tags, and the network nodes may provide direction information that point to asset tags.
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1. A device comprising:
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a transmitter to transmit wireless signals to at least one network access point;
a receiver to receive signals having direction information therein; and
a display device to display the direction information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network comprising:
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a plurality of network access point devices, each of the plurality of network access point devices including a receiver to receive wireless signals from a network node and an asset tag, and including a transmitter to transmit attributes of the wireless signals; and
a server coupled to the plurality of network access point devices to receive the attributes of the wireless signals, to determine a network node location, an asset tag location, and a direction from the network node to the asset tag, and to provide the network node with information describing the direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 17. A network server comprising at least one port to couple the network server to a plurality of wireless network access point devices, the network server being configured to receive wireless signal attributes from the plurality of wireless network access point devices, to determine a location and orientation of a transmitter from the wireless signal attributes, and to send information describing the orientation of the transmitter to at least one of the plurality of network access point devices.
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving wireless signal information from a plurality of network access point devices;
determining an asset tag location from the wireless signal information;
determining a location of a network node from the wireless signal information;
determining an orientation of the network node; and
sending information describing the orientation to at least one of the plurality of network access point devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. An article comprising a machine-accessible media having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
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transmitting electromagnetic pulses to a location-aware network;
retrieving information describing an orientation of the machine;
receiving information describing an asset tag location from the location-aware network; and
displaying a direction to the asset tag. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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