Method and system to control movable entities
DCFirst Claim
1. A method to wirelessly manage an entity having a transponder, comprising:
- loading from a computing device to a transponder'"'"'s memory a plurality of coordinates;
programming a microprocessor in the transponder to define a geographical zone by creating an area on a pixilated image using said plurality of coordinates, wherein said area is representative of a geographical zone; and
sending a command to the transponder to execute a configurable operation upon receiving a command from a control center, the command being associated with a status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone.
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Abstract
A method to wirelessly control an entity having an attached transponder is disclosed. A geographical zone is defined. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating from the geographical coordinate. The geographical zone can also be defined by selecting a plurality of coordinates that are loaded to a transponder and mapped on a pixilated image. The microprocessor in the transponder is programmed to determine the occurrence of an event associated with the status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. Finally, the microprocessor is configured to execute a configurable operation if the event occurs.
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65 Claims
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1. A method to wirelessly manage an entity having a transponder, comprising:
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loading from a computing device to a transponder'"'"'s memory a plurality of coordinates; programming a microprocessor in the transponder to define a geographical zone by creating an area on a pixilated image using said plurality of coordinates, wherein said area is representative of a geographical zone; and sending a command to the transponder to execute a configurable operation upon receiving a command from a control center, the command being associated with a status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to wirelessly control an entity having a transponder, comprising:
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defining a geographical zone using a plurality of waypoints, wherein each waypoint is defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating from the geographical coordinate; loading from a computing device to a transponder'"'"'s memory a plurality of waypoints; and sending a command to the transponder to execute a configurable operation upon receiving a command from a control center, the command being associated with a status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method to wirelessly communicate with an entity having transponder, comprising:
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using a computing device to identify a geometrical area using at least two coordinate attributes, wherein said geometrical area is divided into a grid having at least one section; defining a geographical zone by selecting within the grid one or more of the at least one section representative of a desired area and correlating the at least one section to a pixilated computer image by associating the at least one section with a pixel; loading said pixilated computer image into a transponder'"'"'s memory; and programming a microprocessor in the transponder to execute a configurable operation upon receiving a command from a control center, the command being associated with a status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method to wirelessly communicate with an entity having a transponder, comprising:
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loading from a computing device to the transponder'"'"'s memory a plurality of coordinates; programming a microprocessor in the transponder to define a geographical zone by creating an area using said plurality of coordinates, wherein said area is representative of a geographical zone; and sending a command to the transponder to execute a configurable operation upon receiving a command from a control center, the command being associated with the location of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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