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Ubiquitous Tracking System and Method

  • US 20080121690A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2006
  • Published: 05/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of tracking, with a computer system, a plurality oftrackable devices, each trackable:

  • device at least logging and transmitting geographic location or locus data and device identification (id) data unique thereto, the plurality of trackable devices generating and transmitting independent communications packets with addressee data and said unique device id and said logged locus data either periodically or upon command or upon device event into a plurality of communications channels which include GPRS and satellite communications channels, the method of tracking comprising;

    compiling tracker device data communications profiles for said plurality oftrackable devices manufactured by a sub-plurality of tracker device manufacturers, each tracker device data communications profile including data field identifiers for said device id data and said logged locus data and at least one event condition data field;

    compiling a plurality of customer profiles which correlate sub-pluralities of tracker devices with a corresponding customer of said plurality of customers and, within each said customer profile correlating each tracking device in the respective sub-plurality of tracker devices with a trackable asset owned, controlled or under surveillance by the corresponding customer;

    accepting, at a communications port corresponding to said addressee data, said plurality of trackable communications packets;

    decoding said plurality oftrackable communications packets with said data communications profiles to ascertain data in fields for said device id data, said logged locus data and said at least one event condition data;

    correlating decoded data unique to each trackable communications packet with said customer profiles per the customer trackable asset;

    logging and recording the decoded data per said customer profile; and

    reporting the logged decoded data per said customer profile.

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