Methods and systems for integrating environmental data with mobile asset tracking
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1. A method for allowing a user to query a position of a mobile asset over time, along with environmental data associated with the position of the mobile asset, comprising:
- receiving one or more position reports from the mobile asset, where each position report comprises at least a position of the mobile asset;
associating the mobile asset position with a timestamp;
receiving one or more environmental data reports from one or more data sources other than the mobile asset, where each environmental data report comprises at least one environmental data value and a location associated with the environmental data value;
associating the environmental data value with a timestamp;
correlating the position report with the environmental data report to create a correlated record;
storing the correlated record in an amalgamated database, where each record in the amalgamated database comprises at least the mobile asset position and the mobile asset timestamp; and
retrieving a record from the amalgamated database based on a user query.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for integrating position reports from mobile assets with real time environmental data aggregated from various sources to build and continually update, in real time, an amalgamated database that contains the position information and collocated environmental parameters. The amalgamated database may be queried, and the extracted information may be processed for analysis and displayed or reported to a user.
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1. A method for allowing a user to query a position of a mobile asset over time, along with environmental data associated with the position of the mobile asset, comprising:
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receiving one or more position reports from the mobile asset, where each position report comprises at least a position of the mobile asset; associating the mobile asset position with a timestamp; receiving one or more environmental data reports from one or more data sources other than the mobile asset, where each environmental data report comprises at least one environmental data value and a location associated with the environmental data value; associating the environmental data value with a timestamp; correlating the position report with the environmental data report to create a correlated record; storing the correlated record in an amalgamated database, where each record in the amalgamated database comprises at least the mobile asset position and the mobile asset timestamp; and retrieving a record from the amalgamated database based on a user query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for allowing a user to query a position of a mobile asset over time, along with environmental data associated with the position of the mobile asset, comprising:
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receiving one or more position reports from the mobile asset, where each position report comprises at least a position of the mobile asset; associating the mobile asset position with a timestamp; receiving one or more environmental data reports from one or more data sources other than the mobile asset, where each environmental data report comprises at least one environmental data value and a measurement site location associated with the environmental data value; associating the environmental data value with a timestamp; storing the environmental data value, the associated timestamp, and the measurement site location in an environmental database; searching the environmental database for a measurement site location closest to the mobile asset position; using the closest measurement site location to select, from the environmental database, an environmental data value having an associated timestamp closest to the mobile asset timestamp; storing the selected environmental data value with the mobile asset report in an amalgamated database; and retrieving a record from the amalgamated database based on a user query. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for allowing a user to query a position of a mobile asset over time, along with environmental data associated with the position of the mobile asset, comprising:
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receiving one or more position reports from the mobile asset, where each position report comprises at least a longitude and latitude of the mobile asset; associating the mobile asset longitude and latitude with a timestamp; receiving one or more environmental data reports from one or more data sources other than the mobile asset, where each environmental data report comprises one or more temporally spaced sets of environmental data values, each environmental data value having an associated longitude and latitude; associating the environmental data value with a timestamp; storing the environmental data value, the associated timestamp, and the associated longitude and latitude in an environmental database; extracting an environmental data value having a longitude and latitude closest to the mobile asset longitude and latitude from the environmental database; storing the extracted environmental data value with the mobile asset report in an amalgamated database; and retrieving a record from the amalgamated database based on a user query. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for allowing a user to query a position of a mobile asset over time, along with environmental data associated with the position of the mobile asset, comprising:
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means for receiving one or more position reports from the mobile asset, where each position report comprises at least a position of the mobile asset; means for associating the mobile asset position with a timestamp; means for receiving one or more environmental data reports from one or more data sources other than the mobile asset, where each environmental data report comprises at least one environmental data value and a location associated with the environmental data value; means for associating the environmental data value with a timestamp; means for correlating the position report with the environmental data report to create a correlated record; means for storing the correlated record in an amalgamated database, where each record in the amalgamated database comprises at least the mobile asset position and the mobile asset timestamp; and means for retrieving a record from the amalgamated database based on a user query.
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