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Determining asset location via local triangulation

  • US 7,791,502 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2008
  • Issued: 09/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the location of an asset comprising:

  • removing a card from a base, the base placed in the asset and comprising a sensor;

    scanning the card at a locator panel in a facility to indicate that the asset is unattended in the facility, wherein a construction material for the facility prevents a transmission of signals between floors of the facility, and each floor of the facility comprises at least three locators in communication with the locator panel, the at least three locators configured to determine, with the locator panel, a location of the base;

    determining, by the sensor, whether the asset has been disturbed; and

    responsive to a determination that the asset has been disturbed, dispatching a security patrol to the location of the base provided by the locator panel.

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