Mobile asset tracking unit, system and method
DCFirst Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to establish a multi-code connection with a multi-code SATCOM network via at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to establish a multi-channel connection with a multi-channel GPS network via the at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to receive tracking information associated with an asset collocated with the transceiver via the multi-channel GPS network, the transceiver configured to send the tracking information to a computing device via the multi-code SATCOM network; and
a motion sensor configured to activate the multi-code connection with the multi-code SATCOM network in response to the motion sensor detecting a movement of the asset.
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Abstract
An asset tracking unit, system, and method. The asset tracking unit, system, and method may include at least one transceiver having communicative connections with at least one SATCOM network and at least one GPS network via at least one antenna, wherein tracking information for at least one asset associated with the at least one transceiver is received from the GPS network and is communicated to the SATCOM network, a first link that provides a multi-code one of the communicative connections between the at least one transceiver and the at least one SATCOM network, and a second link that provides a multi-channel one of the communicative connections between the at least one transceiver and he at least one GPS network. The unit system and method may additionally include at least one remote operations center remote from an asset to be tracked, wherein the asset to be tracked is geographically associated with the central processing unit.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to establish a multi-code connection with a multi-code SATCOM network via at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to establish a multi-channel connection with a multi-channel GPS network via the at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to receive tracking information associated with an asset collocated with the transceiver via the multi-channel GPS network, the transceiver configured to send the tracking information to a computing device via the multi-code SATCOM network; and a motion sensor configured to activate the multi-code connection with the multi-code SATCOM network in response to the motion sensor detecting a movement of the asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
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receive, during a first time period and at a first computing device, tracking information associated with an asset collocated with the first computing device, the tracking information being received via a multi-channel GPS network connection; receive, during the first time period and at the first computing device, a status indicator associated with the asset; activate, after the first time period, a multi-code SATCOM network connection based on an event such that the multi-code SATCOM network connection is operational for a second time period; send, during the second time period, a signal including the tracking information and the status indicator to a second computing device; and deactivate, after the second time period, the multi-code SATCOM network connection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
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receive, via a multi-code SATCOM network, a first plurality of signals from a plurality of asset tracking units indicating a position of each asset tracking unit from the plurality of asset tracking units; display the position of at least one asset tracking unit from the plurality of asset tracking units on a display as indicated by a multi-channel GPS signal received at the at least one asset tracking unit from the plurality of asset tracking units; receive a second plurality of signals from the plurality of asset tracking units indicating a status of each asset from a plurality of assets, each asset from the plurality of assets being collocated with an asset tracking unit from the plurality of asset tracking units; display the status of at least one asset from the plurality of assets on the display; and remotely manipulate, via the multi-code SATCOM network, an asset tracking unit from the plurality of asset tracking units collocated with the at least one asset in response to receiving the second plurality of signals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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