Systems, apparatus, and methods of enhanced checkpoint summary based monitoring for an event candidate related to an ID node within a wireless node network

• US 9,973,391 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fedex Corporate Services Incorporated (FedEx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fedex Corporate Services Incorporated (FedEx Corporation)
• Inventors: Skaaksrud, Ole-Petter, Hollahan, Terence
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Thai
• Application Number:
  US15/168,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20170012830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 370248, 370389, 3703953-39532, 370400-411, 370419-423
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0645 by additionally acting on or stimulating the network after receiving notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/32 Specific management aspects for broadband networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for enhanced checkpoint summary based monitoring for an event candidate within a wireless node network of ID nodes, a master node, and a server. The master node listens for ID node signals, detects a first advertising signal, and records a first observed parameter (e.g. sensor data generated by the ID node) based upon the detected first signal. The master node detects a subsequent group of signals broadcast by the ID node and records a group of observed parameters based upon respective ones of those signals. The master node generates a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals (the detected first signal and the detected subsequent group of signals). The first checkpoint summary includes a summary observed parameter based upon the recorded observed parameter for the first signal and each of the recorded observed parameters for the subsequent group of signals. The first checkpoint summary is then reported to the server as the event candidate relative to the first ID node.

Claims

1. An enhanced monitoring system that identifies an event candidate within a wireless node network, the system comprising:

a server disposed at a top level of the wireless node network;

an ID node disposed at a low level of the wireless node network;

a master node disposed at a middle level of the wireless node network, wherein the master node further comprises

a master node processing unit,

a memory storage coupled to the master node processing unit, the memory storage maintaining event detection engine code for execution by the master node processing unit,

a first communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the ID node over a first communication path, and

a second communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the server over a second communication path, wherein the first communication path is different from the second communication path;

wherein the master node, when executing the event detection engine code on the master node processing unit, is operative to

cause the first communication interface to listen for one or more broadcast signals emitted from the ID node without prompting the ID node for transmission of the one or more broadcast signals from the ID node,

detect, via the first communication interface, a first advertising signal broadcast by the ID node,

record a first observed parameter in the memory storage based upon the detected first advertising signal broadcast by the ID node,

successively detect, via the first communication interface, a subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node,

record a subsequent group of observed parameters where each are based upon a respective one of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node,

generate a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals, the first checkpoint summary comprising a summary observed parameter generated based upon the recorded observed parameter related to the detected first advertising signal broadcast and each of the recorded observed parameters respectively related to the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary over the second communication path to the server as the event candidate relative to the ID node.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to generate the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary as a statistical representation of the observed signal strength values for the first set of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the statistical representation of the observed signal strength values comprises one from a group consisting of a mean, a median, an average, a moving average over a subset window of advertising signals, a moving average over a sliding time window, or a weighted average.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value reflecting a signal strength as detected by the master node.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises one of a plurality of sensor data captured by the master node related to the ID node.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the sensor data captured by the master node comprises data included within at least one of the first advertising signal or a respective one of the further group of advertising signals.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the sensor data comprises environmental sensor data generated by the first ID node.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the sensor data comprises package monitoring sensor data generated by the first ID node.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the master node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

determine if the first checkpoint summary meets a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node and stored within the memory storage of the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the first checkpoint summary meets the periodic reporting interval criteria.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the master node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

increment a checkpoint count upon generating the first checkpoint summary;

compare the incremented checkpoint count to a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the incremented checkpoint count matches the periodic reporting interval criteria.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the periodic reporting interval criteria identifies a threshold number of generated checkpoint summaries as a reporting condition for reporting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to:

detect, via the first communication interface, a profile identifier from the ID node, the profile identifier being part of at least one of the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

alter the periodic reporting interval criteria based upon an alert profile corresponding to the profile identifier, the alert profile comprising a plurality of node management rules related to monitoring the ID node and reporting to the server.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to adjust the summary observed parameter to statistically summarize the first checkpoint summary with at least one previous checkpoint summary generated by the master node and not reported to the server.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to:

access the memory storage for a previous summary observed parameter for a previous checkpoint summary;

compare the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary to identify a change in a status of the ID node; and

wherein the second communication interface transmits the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate if the master node processing unit identifies the change in the status of the ID node by comparing the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the change in the status of the ID node comprises a monitored node condition when the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary is different than the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary by more than a threshold level.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the change in the status of the ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a sporadic event indicating an abbreviated event horizon for the ID node, an online event indicating a beginning of a monitored event horizon for the ID node, a shift event indicating at least a threshold difference between the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary and the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary, and an offline event indicating an end of the monitored event horizon for the ID node.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the change in the status of the ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a profile change event indicating the ID node changed a profile setting during a monitored event horizon for the ID node, a transmission power change event indicating the ID node changed an output power setting during the monitored event horizon, and an environmental change event indicating a change in sensor data captured by the ID node during the monitored event horizon.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is operative to receive the event candidate from the master node and transmit a responsive adjustment response to the master node based upon the event candidate, the responsive adjustment response comprising at least one of an adjusted profile for the master node, an adjusted profile for the ID node, and updated context data reflecting the identified event candidate.

19. An enhanced monitoring system that identifies an event candidate within a wireless node network having a server disposed at a top level of the wireless node network, the system comprising:

a plurality of ID nodes disposed at a low level of the wireless node network, wherein each of the ID nodes being incapable of communicating directly with the server;

a master node disposed at a middle level of the wireless node network as a monitoring intermediary between the ID nodes and the server, wherein the master node further comprises

a master node processing unit,

a memory storage coupled to the master node processing unit, the memory storage maintaining event detection engine code for execution by the master node processing unit,

a first communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the ID nodes over a first communication path, and

a second communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the server over a second communication path, wherein the first communication path is separate and distinct from the second communication path;

wherein as a first of the ID nodes broadcasts a first advertising signal without being prompted to transmit the advertising signal, the master node, when executing the event detection engine code on the master node processing unit, is operative to

cause the first communication interface to listen for the first advertising signal broadcast by the first ID node,

detect, via the first communication interface, the first advertising signal broadcast by the ID node, and

record a first observed parameter in the memory storage based upon the detected first advertising signal broadcast by the first ID node; and

wherein as the first ID node broadcasts a further group of advertising signals after the first advertising signal, the master node, when continuing to execute the event detection engine code on the master node processing unit, is operative to

successively detect, via the first communication interface, the further group of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node,

record a subsequent group of observed parameters where each are based upon a respective one of the successively received further group of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node,

generate a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected further group of advertising signals, wherein the first checkpoint summary comprises a summary observed parameter generated based upon

the recorded observed parameter for the detected first advertising signal broadcast, and

each of the recorded observed parameters for the successively detected further group of advertising signals; and

cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary over the second communication path to the server as the event candidate relative to the first ID node.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to generate the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary as a statistical representation of the observed signal strength values for the first set of advertising signals.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the statistical representation of the observed signal strength values comprises one from a group consisting of a mean, a median, an average, a moving average over a subset window of advertising signals, a moving average over a sliding time window, or a weighted average.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value reflecting a signal strength as detected by the master node.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises one of a plurality of sensor data captured by the master node related to the first ID node.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein each of the sensor data captured by the master node comprises data included within at least one of the first advertising signal or a respective one of the further group of advertising signals.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the first ID node has an environmental sensor that generates environment sensor data about the relative proximate environment of the first ID node;

and

wherein each of the sensor data comprises the environmental sensor data generated by the first ID node.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the first ID node has package monitoring sensor that generates package monitoring sensor data about a package associated with the first ID node;

and

wherein each of the sensor data comprises package monitoring sensor data generated by the first ID node.

27. The system of claim 19, wherein the master node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

determine if the first checkpoint summary meets a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node and stored within the memory storage of the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the first checkpoint summary meets the periodic reporting interval criteria.

28. The system of claim 19, wherein the master node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

increment a checkpoint count upon generating the first checkpoint summary;

compare the incremented checkpoint count to a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the incremented checkpoint count matches the periodic reporting interval criteria.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the periodic reporting interval criteria identifies a threshold number of generated checkpoint summaries as a reporting condition for reporting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to:

detect, via the first communication interface, a profile identifier from the first ID node, the profile identifier being part of at least one of the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

alter the periodic reporting interval criteria based upon an alert profile corresponding to the profile identifier, the alert profile comprising a plurality of node management rules related to monitoring the first ID node and reporting to the server.

31. The system of claim 19, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to adjust the summary observed parameter to statistically summarize the first checkpoint summary with at least one previous checkpoint summary generated by the master node and not reported to the server.

32. The system of claim 19, wherein the master node processing unit is further operative to:

access the memory storage for a previous summary observed parameter for a previous checkpoint summary;

compare the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary to identify a change in a status of the first ID node; and

wherein the second communication interface transmits the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate if the master node processing unit identifies the change in the status of the first ID node by comparing the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node comprises a monitored node condition when the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary is different than the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary by more than a threshold level.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a sporadic event indicating an abbreviated event horizon for the first ID node, an online event indicating a beginning of a monitored event horizon for the first ID node, a shift event indicating at least a threshold difference between the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary and the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary, and an offline event indicating an end of the monitored event horizon for the first ID node.

35. The system of claim 32, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a profile change event indicating the ID node changed a profile setting during a monitored event horizon for the ID node, a transmission power change event indicating the first ID node changed an output power setting during the monitored event horizon, and an environmental change event indicating a change in sensor data captured by the first ID node during the monitored event horizon.

36. The system of claim 19, wherein the server is operative to receive the event candidate from the master node and transmit a responsive adjustment response to the master node based upon the event candidate, the responsive adjustment response comprising at least one of an adjusted profile for the master node, an adjusted profile for the first ID node, and updated context data reflecting the identified event candidate.

37. An enhanced monitoring system that identifies an event candidate within a wireless node network having a server, the system comprising:

an ID node disposed at a low level of the wireless node network and associated with a package being shipped, the ID node further comprising

an ID node processing unit,

at least two sensors coupled to the ID node processing unit, wherein a first of the sensors generates environmental sensor data about a proximate environment of the ID node and wherein a second of the sensors generates package monitoring sensor data about the package associated with the ID node; and

a transceiver coupled to the ID node processing unit and operative to transmit the environmental sensor data and the package monitoring sensor data as part of a plurality of advertising signals broadcast from the transceiver; and

a master node disposed at a middle level of the wireless node network, wherein the master node further comprises

a master node processing unit,

a memory storage coupled to the master node processing unit, the memory storage maintaining event detection engine code for execution by the master node processing unit,

a first communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with transceiver of the ID node over a first communication path, and

a second communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the server over a second communication path, wherein the first communication path is different from the second communication path;

wherein the master node, when executing the event detection engine code on the master node processing unit, is operative to

cause the first communication interface to scan the first communication path without prompting the ID node to broadcast using the transceiver,

detect, via the first communication interface, a first of the advertising signals broadcast by the ID node over the transceiver,

record a first observed parameter in the memory storage based upon at least one of the environmental sensor data and the package monitoring sensor data as included within the detected first advertising signal,

successively detect, via the first communication interface, a subsequent group of the advertising signals broadcast by the ID node over the transceiver,

record a subsequent group of observed parameters where each are based upon at least one of the environmental sensor data and the package monitoring sensor data as included within a respective one of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node,

generate a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals, the first checkpoint summary comprising a summary observed parameter generated based upon the recorded observed parameter corresponding to the detected first advertising signal broadcast and each of the recorded observed parameters respectively corresponding to each of the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary over the second communication path to the server as the event candidate relative to the ID node.

38. A master node apparatus for enhanced monitoring for an event candidate within a wireless node network having a plurality of ID nodes and a server, the master node apparatus comprising:

a node processing unit,

a memory storage coupled to the master node processing unit, the memory storage maintaining event detection engine code for execution by the master node processing unit,

a first communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the ID nodes over a first communication path, and

a second communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the server over a second communication path, wherein the first communication path is different from the second communication path;

wherein the node processing unit, when executing the event detection engine code, is operative to

cause the first communication interface to listen for one or more broadcast signals emitted from a first of the ID nodes without prompting the first ID node for transmission of the one or more broadcast signals from the first ID node,

detect, via the first communication interface, a first advertising signal broadcast by the ID node,

record a first observed parameter in the memory storage based upon the detected first advertising signal broadcast by the first ID node,

successively detect, via the first communication interface, a subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node,

record a subsequent group of observed parameters where each are based upon a respective one of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node,

generate a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals, the first checkpoint summary comprising a summary observed parameter generated based upon the recorded observed parameter based upon the detected first advertising signal broadcast and each of the recorded observed parameters respectively based upon the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary over the second communication path to the server as the event candidate relative to the first ID node.

39. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to generate the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary as a statistical representation of the observed signal strength values for the first set of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node.

40. The master node apparatus of claim 39, wherein the statistical representation of the observed signal strength values comprises one from a group consisting of a mean, a median, an average, a moving average over a subset window of advertising signals, a moving average over a sliding time window, or a weighted average.

41. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value reflecting a signal strength as detected by the master node.

42. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises one of a plurality of sensor data generated by the first ID node and captured from the first ID node by the master node as part of.

43. The master node apparatus of claim 42, wherein each of the sensor data captured by the master node comprises data included within at least one of the first advertising signal or a respective one of the further group of advertising signals.

44. The master node apparatus of claim 42, wherein each of the sensor data comprises environmental sensor data generated by the first ID node.

45. The master node apparatus of claim 42, wherein each of the sensor data comprises package monitoring sensor data generated by the first ID node.

46. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

determine if the first checkpoint summary meets a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node and stored within the memory storage of the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the first checkpoint summary meets the periodic reporting interval criteria.

47. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the node processing unit is operative to cause the second communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

increment a checkpoint count upon generating the first checkpoint summary;

compare the incremented checkpoint count to a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node; and

cause the second communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the incremented checkpoint count matches the periodic reporting interval criteria.

48. The master node apparatus of claim 47, wherein the periodic reporting interval criteria identifies a threshold number of generated checkpoint summaries as a reporting condition for reporting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate.

49. The master node apparatus of claim 47, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to:

detect, via the first communication interface, a profile identifier from the first ID node, the profile identifier being part of at least one of the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

alter the periodic reporting interval criteria based upon an alert profile corresponding to the profile identifier, the alert profile comprising a plurality of node management rules related to monitoring the first ID node and reporting to the server.

50. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to adjust the summary observed parameter to statistically summarize the first checkpoint summary with at least one previous checkpoint summary generated by the master node and not reported to the server.

51. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to:

access the memory storage for a previous summary observed parameter for a previous checkpoint summary;

compare the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary to identify a change in a status of the first ID node; and

wherein the second communication interface transmits the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate if the master node processing unit identifies the change in the status of the first ID node by comparing the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary.

52. The master node apparatus of claim 51, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node comprises a monitored node condition when the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary is different than the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary by more than a threshold level.

53. The master node apparatus of claim 51, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a sporadic event indicating an abbreviated event horizon for the first ID node, an online event indicating a beginning of a monitored event horizon for the first ID node, a shift event indicating at least a threshold difference between the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary and the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary, and an offline event indicating an end of the monitored event horizon for the first ID node.

54. The master node apparatus of claim 51, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a profile change event indicating the first ID node changed a profile setting during a monitored event horizon for the first ID node, a transmission power change event indicating the first ID node changed an output power setting during the monitored event horizon, and an environmental change event indicating a change in sensor data captured by the first ID node during the monitored event horizon.

55. The master node apparatus of claim 38, wherein the server is operative to receive the event candidate from the master node and transmit a responsive adjustment response to the master node based upon the event candidate, the responsive adjustment response comprising at least one of an adjusted profile for the master node, an adjusted profile for the first ID node, and updated context data reflecting the identified event candidate.

56. A master node apparatus for enhanced monitoring for an event candidate within a wireless node network having at least one ID node and a server, the master node apparatus comprising:

a node processing unit,

a memory storage coupled to the master node processing unit, the memory storage maintaining event detection engine code for execution by the master node processing unit,

a first wireless communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the ID node over a first wireless communication path, and

a second wireless communication interface coupled to the master node processing unit and operative to communicate with the server over a second wireless communication path, wherein the first wireless communication path is separate and distinct from the second wireless communication path;

wherein the node processing unit, when executing the event detection engine code, is operative to

scan the first wireless communication path using the first wireless communication interface without prompting the ID node to broadcast,

detect a first advertising signal broadcast by the ID node via the first wireless communication interface, the first advertising signal including first sensor data generated by the ID node,

record a first observed parameter in the memory storage based upon the first sensor data included in the detected first advertising signal,

successively detect, via the first wireless communication interface, a subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node, wherein each of the subsequent group of advertising signals includes second sensor data generated by the ID node,

record a subsequent group of observed parameters where each are based upon the second sensor data included in a respective one of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node,

generate a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals, the first checkpoint summary comprising a summary observed parameter generated based upon the recorded observed parameter based upon the detected first advertising signal broadcast and each of the recorded observed parameters respectively based upon the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

cause the second wireless communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary over the second wireless communication path to the server as the event candidate relative to the ID node.

57. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to generate the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary as a statistical representation of the observed signal strength values for the first set of advertising signals broadcast by the ID node.

58. The master node apparatus of claim 57, wherein the statistical representation of the observed signal strength values comprises one from a group consisting of a mean, a median, an average, a moving average over a subset window of advertising signals, a moving average over a sliding time window, or a weighted average.

59. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein each of the first observed parameter and the subsequent group of observed parameters comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value reflecting a signal strength as detected by the master node.

60. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the first sensor data generated by the ID node and captured from the ID node by the master node as part of the first advertising signal comprises environmental sensor data related to a proximate physical environment of the ID node.

61. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the first sensor data generated by the ID node and captured from the ID node by the master node as part of the first advertising signal comprises package monitoring sensor data related to a package being shipped with the ID node.

62. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the second sensor data generated by the ID node and captured from the ID node by the master node as part of the subsequent group of advertising signals comprises environmental sensor data related to a proximate physical environment of the ID node.

63. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the second sensor data generated by the ID node and captured from the ID node by the master node as part of the subsequent group of advertising signals comprises package monitoring sensor data related to a package being shipped with the ID node.

64. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the node processing unit is operative to cause the second wireless communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

determine if the first checkpoint summary meets a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node and stored within the memory storage of the master node; and

cause the second wireless communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the first checkpoint summary meets the periodic reporting interval criteria.

65. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the node processing unit is operative to cause the second wireless communication interface to report the first checkpoint summary to the server by being further operative to:

increment a checkpoint count upon generating the first checkpoint summary;

compare the incremented checkpoint count to a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node; and

cause the second wireless communication interface to transmit the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate only when the incremented checkpoint count matches the periodic reporting interval criteria.

66. The master node apparatus of claim 65, wherein the periodic reporting interval criteria identifies a threshold number of generated checkpoint summaries as a reporting condition for reporting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate.

67. The master node apparatus of claim 65, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to:

detect, via the first wireless communication interface, a profile identifier from the ID node, the profile identifier being part of at least one of the detected first advertising signal and the successively detected subsequent group of advertising signals; and

alter the periodic reporting interval criteria based upon an alert profile corresponding to the profile identifier, the alert profile comprising a plurality of node management rules related to monitoring the ID node and reporting to the server.

68. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to adjust the summary observed parameter to statistically summarize the first checkpoint summary with at least one previous checkpoint summary generated by the master node and not reported to the server.

69. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the node processing unit is further operative to:

access the memory storage for a previous summary observed parameter for a previous checkpoint summary;

compare the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary to identify a change in a status of the ID node; and

wherein the second wireless communication interface transmits the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate if the master node processing unit identifies the change in the status of the ID node by comparing the previous summary observed parameter to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary.

70. The master node apparatus of claim 69, wherein the change in the status of the ID node comprises a monitored node condition when the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary is different than the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary by more than a threshold level.

71. The master node apparatus of claim 69, wherein the change in the status of the ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a sporadic event indicating an abbreviated event horizon for the ID node, an online event indicating a beginning of a monitored event horizon for the ID node, a shift event indicating at least a threshold difference between the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary and the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary, and an offline event indicating an end of the monitored event horizon for the ID node.

72. The master node apparatus of claim 69, wherein the change in the status of the ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a profile change event indicating the ID node changed a profile setting during a monitored event horizon for the ID node, a transmission power change event indicating the ID node changed an output power setting during the monitored event horizon, and an environmental change event indicating a change in sensor data captured by the ID node during the monitored event horizon.

73. The master node apparatus of claim 56, wherein the server is operative to receive the event candidate from the master node and transmit a responsive adjustment response to the master node based upon the event candidate, the responsive adjustment response comprising at least one of an adjusted profile for the master node, an adjusted profile for the ID node, and updated context data reflecting the identified event candidate.

74. A method for enhanced monitoring for an event candidate within a wireless node network having a plurality of ID nodes, a master node in communication with the ID nodes, and a server in communication with the master node, comprising the steps of:

activating, by the master node, a monitoring mode of operation that listens for one or more broadcast signals emitted from any of the ID nodes without prompting the ID nodes for transmission of the one or more broadcast signals from the ID nodes;

receiving, by the master node, a first advertising signal broadcast by a first of the ID nodes;

recording, by the master node, an observed parameter related to the received first advertising signal broadcast by the first ID node;

successively receiving, by the master node, a subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node;

recording, by the master node, the observed parameter related to each of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals broadcast by the first ID node;

generating, by the master node, a first checkpoint summary representing a first set of advertising signals comprising the received first advertising signal and the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals, the first checkpoint summary comprising a summary observed parameter generated based upon the recorded observed parameter related to the received first advertising signal broadcast and the recorded observed parameter related to each of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals; and

transmitting, by the master node, the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate relative to the first ID node.

75. The method of claim 74, wherein the transmitting step further comprises simplifying, by the master node, a data feed for the server related to a status of the first ID node by sending the event candidate to the server indicating a summarized monitored status of the first node based upon the summary observed parameter of the first checkpoint summary.

76. The method of claim 74, wherein the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary comprises a statistical representation of the observed signal strength values for the first set of advertising signals.

77. The method of claim 76, wherein the statistical representation of the observed signal strength values comprises one from a group consisting of a mean, a median, an average, a moving average over a subset window of advertising signals, a moving average over a sliding time window, or a weighted average.

78. The method of claim 74, wherein each of the observed parameter related to the received first advertising signal and the observed parameter related to each of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals comprises a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value reflecting a signal strength as detected by the master node.

79. The method of claim 74, wherein each of the observed parameter related to the received first advertising signal and the observed parameter related to each of the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals comprises one of a plurality of sensor data captured by the master node from the first ID node.

80. The method of claim 79, wherein each of the sensor data captured by the master node comprises data included within at least one of the first advertising signal or a respective one of the further group of advertising signals.

81. The method of claim 79, wherein each of the sensor data comprises environmental sensor data generated by the first ID node.

82. The method of claim 79, wherein each of the sensor data comprises package monitoring sensor data generated by the first ID node.

83. The method of claim 74, wherein the transmitting step further comprises transmitting, by the master node, the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate relative to the first ID node when the first checkpoint summary meets a periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node.

84. The method of claim 83, wherein the transmitting step further comprises:

incrementing, by the master node, a checkpoint count in memory of the master node upon generating the first checkpoint summary;

comparing, by the master node, the incremented checkpoint count to the periodic reporting interval criteria relative to one or more prior checkpoint summaries generated by the master node; and

reporting, by the master node, the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate when the incremented checkpoint count matches the periodic reporting interval criteria.

85. The method of claim 84, wherein the periodic reporting interval criteria identifies a threshold number of generated checkpoint summaries as a reporting condition for reporting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate.

86. The method of claim 83 further comprising:

detecting, by the master node, a profile identifier from the first ID node, the profile identifier being part of at least one of the received first advertising signal and the successively received subsequent group of advertising signals; and

altering, by the master node, the periodic reporting interval criteria based upon an alert profile corresponding to the profile identifier, the alert profile comprising a plurality of node management rules related to monitoring the first ID node and reporting to the server.

87. The method of claim 84 further comprising adjusting, by the master node, the summary observed parameter reported to the server as part of the event candidate to statistically summarize the first checkpoint summary with at least one previous checkpoint summary generated by the master node and not reported to the server.

88. The method of claim 74 further comprising comparing a previous summary observed parameter for a previous checkpoint summary to the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary to identify a change in a status of the first ID node;

and

transmitting the first checkpoint summary to the server as the event candidate when the comparison identifies the change in the status of the first ID node.

89. The method of claim 88, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node comprises when the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary is different than the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary by more than a threshold level.

90. The method of claim 88, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a sporadic event indicating an abbreviated event horizon for the first ID node, an online event indicating a beginning of a monitored event horizon for the first ID node, a shift event indicating at least a threshold difference between the previous summary observed parameter for the previous checkpoint summary and the summary observed parameter for the first checkpoint summary, and an offline event indicating an end of the monitored event horizon for the first ID node.

91. The method of claim 88, wherein the change in the status of the first ID node identifies the first checkpoint summary as at least one node event from the group consisting of a profile change event indicating the first ID node changed a profile setting during a monitored event horizon for the first ID node, a transmission power change event indicating the first ID node changed an output power setting during the monitored event horizon, and an environmental change event indicating a change in sensor data captured by the first ID node during the monitored event horizon.