OVERLAY-BASED ASSET LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An asset location system comprising:
- a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display based on the image data and overlay information identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data; and
an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information, the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more assets within the image.
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Abstract
A network asset location system and methods of its use and operation are disclosed. In one aspect, the network asset location system includes a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display based on the image data and overlay information identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data. The network asset location system also includes an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more network assets within the image.
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27 Claims
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1. An asset location system comprising:
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a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display based on the image data and overlay information identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data; and an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information, the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more assets within the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network asset location system comprising:
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a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data; a plurality of identifiers associated with the one or more network assets, the one or more network assets each positioned at a known location relative each of the plurality of identifiers; and an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information, the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more network assets within the image. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of determining information about an asset using an application executing on a mobile device having a camera and a display, the method comprising:
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capturing image data of a network asset using the camera of the mobile device, the image data including information regarding a plurality of identifiers associated with the network asset and positioned at a predetermined location relative to the network asset; and displaying an image including overlay information identifying the network asset and a location of the network asset within the image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of determining an asset location using a network asset management engine, the method comprising:
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receiving image data including image data relating to a network asset, the image data also including information regarding a plurality of identifiers associated with the network asset and positioned at a predetermined location relative to the network asset; determining an identity of the network asset based at least in part on recognition of the plurality of identifiers and a relative position of the network asset relative to the plurality of identifiers in the image data; and generating overlay information identifying a location and an identity of the network asset in the image data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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