Mobile asset tracking unit, system and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to be collocated with an asset, the transceiver configured to establish, using a satellite communication (SATCOM) antenna, a multi-code connection with a SATCOM network, the transceiver configured to establish, using a global positioning system (GPS) antenna, a multi-channel connection with a GPS network, the transceiver configured to receive location information associated with a location of the transceiver via the multi-channel connection;
a mode switch configured to allow a user to select an operating frequency of the transceiver; and
a motion detector configured to detect motion of the asset, the transceiver configured to transmit the location information and an indication of the motion of the asset to a computing device via the multi-code connection and in response to the motion detector detecting the motion of the asset.
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Abstract
An 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 the 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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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to be collocated with an asset, the transceiver configured to establish, using a satellite communication (SATCOM) antenna, a multi-code connection with a SATCOM network, the transceiver configured to establish, using a global positioning system (GPS) antenna, a multi-channel connection with a GPS network, the transceiver configured to receive location information associated with a location of the transceiver via the multi-channel connection; a mode switch configured to allow a user to select an operating frequency of the transceiver; and a motion detector configured to detect motion of the asset, the transceiver configured to transmit the location information and an indication of the motion of the asset to a computing device via the multi-code connection and in response to the motion detector detecting the motion of the asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to establish a multi-code connection with a satellite communication (SATCOM) network via at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to establish a multi-channel connection with a global positioning system (GPS) network via the at least one antenna, the transceiver configured to receive, at each time from a plurality of times and via the GPS network, tracking information associated with a location of an asset at that time from the plurality of times, the transceiver configured to be collocated with the asset; and a data compression module configured to compress the tracking information to produce compressed tracking information; the transceiver configured to transmit, to a computing device via the multi-code connection, the compressed tracking information at a predetermined interval. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 16)
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11. A method, comprising:
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detecting, at a computing device, motion of the computing device; receiving, at a global positioning system (GPS) antenna of the computing device and via a multi-channel GPS network, an identifier associated with a location of the computing device, the receiving being in response to the detecting; compressing the identifier associated with the location to produce a compressed identifier associated with the location; and transmitting, using a satellite communication (SATCOM) antenna of the computing device and via a multi-channel SATCOM network, the compressed identifier associated with the location and an identifier associated with the computing device in response to the receiving. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 17)
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