Remotely Monitoring Field Assets
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1. At least one machine readable medium comprising instructions that when executed on a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
- conducting device discovery to find a communication path through a master controller, included among two or more potential master controllers, to an operations center and assigning master controller duties to the master controller;
communicating a trigger event, through the master controller, to field assets;
monitoring a plurality of states for individual field assets of the field assets;
encoding and compressing a portion of the plurality of monitored states; and
responsive to the trigger event, transmitting through the communication path the encoded and compressed portion of the plurality of monitored states.
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Disclosed methods, systems, and apparatuses remotely monitor a plurality of field assets. Device discovery is conducted to find a communication path through a master controller to an operations center. A plurality of states are monitored for individual field assets of the plurality of field assets. In response to trigger events, monitored states are selectively included in data sets that may be parsed, compressed, encrypted, and forwarded through a mesh network to an operations center.
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25 Claims
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1. At least one machine readable medium comprising instructions that when executed on a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
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conducting device discovery to find a communication path through a master controller, included among two or more potential master controllers, to an operations center and assigning master controller duties to the master controller; communicating a trigger event, through the master controller, to field assets; monitoring a plurality of states for individual field assets of the field assets; encoding and compressing a portion of the plurality of monitored states; and responsive to the trigger event, transmitting through the communication path the encoded and compressed portion of the plurality of monitored states. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A field asset tracking system comprising:
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a detection system to contribute product inventory information to a data set; a controller to communicatively couple to the detection system; and a transmitter to (a) transmit a compressed portion of the data set in response to at least one trigger event, and (b) communicatively couple to;
the controller, a field asset local to the transmitter; and
an additional field asset remote from the transmitter;wherein the controller is to discover a path through field asset transmitters to a master controller included among two or more potential master controllers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. At least one machine readable medium comprising instructions that when executed on a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
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contributing product inventory information to a data set via a detection system; communicatively coupling a controller to the detection system; via a transmitter, (a) transmitting a compressed portion of the data set in response to at least one trigger event, and (b) communicatively coupling the transmitter to;
the controller, a field asset local to the transmitter, and an additional field asset remote from the transmitter; andvia the controller, discovering a path through field asset transmitters to a master controller included among two or more potential master controllers. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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