MOBILE UNIT AND SYSTEM HAVING INTEGRATED MAPPING, COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING
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Abstract
A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct to communication modes.
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30 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
a communication module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the communication module configured to receive an indication of a status of an asset, the communication module being collocated with the asset, the communication module configured to send a signal to a computing device remote from the asset using a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes, the communication module configured to select the communication mode from the plurality of communication modes automatically based at least in part on the indication of the status of the asset. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
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send, from a tracking device collocated with an asset, a first signal to a computing device via a first communication mode from a plurality of communication modes, the first signal being associated with a status of the asset at a first time, the status of the asset at the first time being associated with a default state of the asset; receive, at the tracking device, an indication of a status of the asset at a second time after the first time, the status of the asset at the second time being associated with an emergency state of the asset; automatically select, after the second time, a second communication mode from the plurality of communication modes based on the status of the asset at the second time; and send, from the tracking device, a second signal to the computing device via the second communication mode after the second time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus, comprising:
a communication module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the communication module configured to receive an indication of a status of an asset, the communication module being collocated with the asset, the communication module configured to send a signal to a computing device remote from the asset via a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes including a first communication mode and a second communication mode, the communication module configured to send the signal to the computing device according to a default communication procedure using at least the first communication mode if the indication of the status of the asset is associated with a default state of the asset, the communication module configured to send the signal to the computing device according to an emergency communication procedure using at least the second communication mode if the indication of the status of the asset is associated with an emergency state of the asset. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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24. The apparatus of 23, wherein the plurality of communication modes includes at least one of a satellite communication network and a cellular communication network.
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25. The apparatus of 23, wherein the communication module is configured to encrypt the signal prior to sending the signal to the computing device according to the emergency communication procedure using at least the second communication mode if the indication of the status of the asset is associated with the emergency state of the asset.
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