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Asset management systems and methods

  • US 8,344,879 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2010
  • Issued: 01/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of tracking an asset, the method comprising:

  • associating a tracking device with the asset;

    receiving, at a mobile asset tracking system associated with a vehicle, information from the tracking device;

    transmitting, from the mobile asset tracking system, asset tracking data comprising at least a portion of the information received from the tracking device;

    receiving, at an asset tracking computer system, the asset tracking data;

    identifying, at the asset tracking computer system, a location of the mobile asset tracking system;

    identifying, at the asset tracking computer system, the asset, based at least in part the asset tracking data;

    updating, at the asset tracking computer system, an asset database with data correlating the asset with the location of mobile asset tracking system;

    receiving, at the asset tracking computer system, a plurality of sets of updated asset tracking data over a period of time; and

    identifying a usage pattern of the asset, based on the plurality of sets of updated asset tracking data.

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