Configurable geofences with inherit aspects and use thereof in configurable wireless devices
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1. A method of operating a locator device, comprising the steps of:
- storing a definition of a plurality of events, each of which can be represented by a status of the locator device;
storing a definition of a plurality of triggers, each trigger comprising;
a group of one or more said events; and
a combination of events selected from said group;
storing a definition of a plurality of event profiles, each of which is an association between;
one of said triggers; and
a set of one or more locator device commands;
responding to a contemporaneously occurring subset of said events by evaluating the subset of events against said triggers; and
activating one of said event profiles by processing its corresponding set of one or more locator device commands whenever the subset of events includes the combination of events of the trigger of said one event profile;
wherein each set of one or more locator device commands changes an operational parameter of said locator device.
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Abstract
A wireless device for facilitating GPS-based asset tracking. The wireless device includes dynamically configurable event profiles which allow the wireless device to be dynamically reconfigured and to perform certain actions based on a dynamically configurable combination of received events. In addition, geofences with inherent aspects are used to trigger certain actions of the wireless device based on classes and attributes that define the inherent aspects.
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1. A method of operating a locator device, comprising the steps of:
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storing a definition of a plurality of events, each of which can be represented by a status of the locator device; storing a definition of a plurality of triggers, each trigger comprising; a group of one or more said events; and a combination of events selected from said group; storing a definition of a plurality of event profiles, each of which is an association between; one of said triggers; and a set of one or more locator device commands; responding to a contemporaneously occurring subset of said events by evaluating the subset of events against said triggers; and activating one of said event profiles by processing its corresponding set of one or more locator device commands whenever the subset of events includes the combination of events of the trigger of said one event profile; wherein each set of one or more locator device commands changes an operational parameter of said locator device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A locator device comprising computer readable instructions that, when processed by a processor in the locator device cause it to:
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store a definition of a plurality of events, each of which can be represented by a status of the locator device; store a definition of a plurality of triggers, each trigger comprising; a group of one or more said events; and a combination of events selected from said group; store a definition of a plurality of event profiles, each of which Is an association between; one of said triggers; and a set of one or more locator device commands; respond to a contemporaneously occurring subset of said events by evaluating the subset of events against said triggers; and activate one of said event profiles by processing its corresponding set of one or more locator device commands whenever the subset of events includes the combination of events of the trigger corresponding to said one event profile; wherein each set of one or more locator device commands changes an operational parameter of said locator device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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