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Federated system for monitoring physical assets

  • US 7,307,526 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2004
  • Issued: 12/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring physical assets from nodes in heterogeneous monitoring systems, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at an agent execution module an agent from a first node, the agent associated with a physical asset transported from the first node to a second node;

    detecting the physical asset at an agent identification module;

    executing by the agent execution module the agent at the second node to determine a condition of the physical asset;

    detecting by the agent an unidentified physical asset; and

    retrieving by the agent identification information associated with the unidentified physical asset,wherein detecting the physical asset comprises identifying the unidentified physical asset as the physical asset.

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