Method and system for remote tracking of assets

• US 20090234703A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xora, Inc. (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xora, Inc. (Salesforce.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rasheed, Haroon
• Application Number:
  US12/381,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A method and system for remote tracking of assets. According to one embodiment of the invention, the method for remote tracking comprises receiving location information, receiving a status of a remote asset, creating a task based on the status of the remote asset, determining a receiver to perform the task, and informing the determined receiver of the task. In one embodiment, the system for remote tracking of assets comprises a receiver, an asset, and a controller. The receiver receives location information and transmits the location information to the controller. The asset transmits status data to the controller. The controller receives the location information and status information and transmits task information to the receiver.

Claims

1. A method for remote tracking of assets comprising:

receiving the status of a remote asset;

receiving the location of one or more receivers;

creating a task based upon the status of the remote asset;

determining a receiver for the created task; and

informing the determined receiver of the created task.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising informing the receiver of the status of the remote asset.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking the status of the task.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the task is a maintenance or repair task related to the remote asset.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step further comprises selecting the receiver closest to the remote asset based upon the received location.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising calculating the location of the receiver by receiving signals from GNSS satellites.

7. A system for remote tracking of assets comprising:

a receiver for receiving location information and transmitting the location information to a controller;

an asset for transmitting status data to the controller; and

the controller for receiving the status data and the location information and sending task information to the receiver.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the status data comprises information indicating the asset requires maintenance.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the controller creates a maintenance task as a result of the received status data.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the maintenance task is sent to the receiver.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the status of the asset is sent to the receiver.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the controller tracks the status of the maintenance task.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the controller continuously tracks the status of the asset.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the receiver to which the task is sent is determined by the location of the receiver in relation to a location of the asset.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the task is sent to the closest receiver to the asset.