Wireless locating and monitoring system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- locating, by an object, a network connection to a wireless data network node available to the object, wherein the wireless data network node is a terrestrial node; and
transmitting, from the object and using the network connection, information about the location of the object to the terrestrial node as a first node to receive the information about the location of the object and to a receiver node, wherein the transmitting the information about the location of the object comprises transmitting logged object data corresponding to a path of the movement of the object over a period of time.
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Abstract
A wireless tracking device including a positioning system for determining a location of the device and a processor connected to the positioning system. The wireless tracking device further including a wireless radio connected to the processor for transmitting the location of the device across a wireless area network.
A vehicle monitoring system including a sensor, a microcontroller configured to receive a sensor input from the sensor and determine a vehicle condition data, and a wireless transmitter in communication with the microcontroller. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit the vehicle condition data to a remote data network access point.
A method of monitoring a vehicle including determining a status of the vehicle, locating an available wireless data network access point, and transmitting the status of the vehicle though the access point.
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12 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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locating, by an object, a network connection to a wireless data network node available to the object, wherein the wireless data network node is a terrestrial node; and transmitting, from the object and using the network connection, information about the location of the object to the terrestrial node as a first node to receive the information about the location of the object and to a receiver node, wherein the transmitting the information about the location of the object comprises transmitting logged object data corresponding to a path of the movement of the object over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless tracking device locatable in an object, the wireless tracking device comprising:
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a positioning system configured to periodically determine a location of the device; a processor coupled with the positioning system and configured to provide information about the location of the device and determine a network connection available to access by the device; and a transmitter coupled with the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit, using the network connection to a terrestrial wireless data network node, the information about the location of the object to the terrestrial node as a first node to receive the information about the location of the object and a receiver node, wherein to transmit the information, the processor is configured to transmit logged object data corresponding to a path of the movement of the object over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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