Asset control in location tracking system
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1. A location tracking system comprising:
- a server comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the server to track, in a coverage area of the location tracking system, locations of at least one user tag and at least one asset tag, and to communicate with the at least one user tag and the at least one asset tag;
an asset tag associated with an asset and comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the asset tag to establish a direct device-to-device wireless communication connection with a user tag, wherein the establishment comprises pairing the user tag and the asset tag; and
said user tag associated with a person and comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the user tag to establish the direct device-to-device wireless communication connection with said asset tag, to trigger by the establishment of the wireless communication connection a process to change a usability status of the asset associated with the asset tag, and to use identifiers of the asset tag and the user tag obtained when pairing the asset tag and the user tag to link the user tag with the asset tag when changing the usability status of the asset.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for changing a usability status of an asset in a location tracking system. Establishment of a direct device-to-device wireless communication connection between a user tag and an asset tag of the location tracking system triggers a process to change a usability status of the asset associated with the asset tag. In the process, identifiers of the asset tag and the user tag obtained when pairing the asset tag and the user tag are used in order to link the user tag with the asset tag in the process for changing the usability status of the asset.
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14 Claims
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1. A location tracking system comprising:
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a server comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the server to track, in a coverage area of the location tracking system, locations of at least one user tag and at least one asset tag, and to communicate with the at least one user tag and the at least one asset tag; an asset tag associated with an asset and comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the asset tag to establish a direct device-to-device wireless communication connection with a user tag, wherein the establishment comprises pairing the user tag and the asset tag; and said user tag associated with a person and comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the user tag to establish the direct device-to-device wireless communication connection with said asset tag, to trigger by the establishment of the wireless communication connection a process to change a usability status of the asset associated with the asset tag, and to use identifiers of the asset tag and the user tag obtained when pairing the asset tag and the user tag to link the user tag with the asset tag when changing the usability status of the asset.
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2. A method for changing a usability status of an asset in a location tracking system, the method comprising:
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establishing a direct device-to-device wireless communication connection between a user tag associated with a person and an asset tag associated with an asset in the location tracking system, wherein the user tag is used for monitoring the location of the person, and the asset tag is used for monitoring locations of the asset, and wherein the establishment comprises pairing the user tag and the asset tag; triggering by the establishment of the wireless communication connection a process to change a usability status of the asset associated with the asset tag, wherein identifiers of the asset tag and the user tag obtained when pairing the asset tag and the user tag are used to link the user tag with the asset tag when changing the usability status of the asset. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communication device comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to establish a direct device-to-device wireless communication connection between a user tag associated with a person and an asset tag associated with an asset in the location tracking system, wherein the user tag is used for monitoring the location of the person, and the asset tag is used for monitoring locations of the asset, to pair the user tag and the asset tag during the establishment of the direct device-to-device wireless communication connection, to trigger by the establishment of the wireless communication connection a process to change a usability status of the asset associated with the asset tag, and to use identifiers of the asset tag and the user tag obtained when pairing the asset tag and the user tag to link the user tag with the asset tag when changing the usability status of the asset.
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