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Patent US8510180
Issued 2013-08-13
System And Method For Increasing Asset Utilization Using Satellite Aided Location Tracking
A system and method for increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking. Smart sensor technology incorporated into mobile tracking hardware affixed to an asset can be used to support decision processes related to management of multiple assets. Automated decision processes based on customized business rules can operate on asset positions at various defined landmark locations and customized geographical areas.
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- 1. An asset assignment method, comprising:
receiving, by a computer implemented operations module via a communication network, a request for asset assignment from an asset transporter; determining, by said operations module for a plurality of customer defined landmark areas, a ranked list of assets in said plurality of customer defined landmark areas based on a customer defined weighting of a plurality of rules, said plurality of rules including landmark specific thresholds that relate to one or more statistics for an individual landmark area, said one or more statistics generated based on a time that a plurality of assets were located in said individual landmark area; selecting, by said operations module, an asset from said ranked list of assets; and transmitting, by said operations module via a communication network, an identification of said selected asset to said asset transporter.
- 8. An asset assignment method, comprising: receiving, by a computer implemented operations module via a communication network, a request for asset assignment from an asset transporter; determining, by said operations module for a plurality of landmark areas defined by a customer, a ranked list of assets in said plurality of customer defined landmark areas, wherein a first asset in a first of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas is ranked in said list of assets based on an analysis of one or more statistics generated based on a length of time that a first plurality of assets is located in said first of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas and a second asset in a second of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas is ranked in said list of assets based on an analysis of one or more statistics generated based on a length of time that a second plurality of assets are located in said second of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas; selecting, by said operations module, an asset from said ranked list of assets; and transmitting, by said operations module via a communication network, an identification of said selected asset to said asset transporter.
- 15. An asset assignment method, comprising:
receiving, by a computer implemented operations module via a communication network, a request for asset assignment from an asset transporter; determining, by said operations module for a plurality of landmark areas defined by a customer, a ranked list of assets in said plurality of customer defined landmark areas, wherein a first asset in a first of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas is ranked in said list of assets based on an analysis of one or more statistics generated based on a length of time that a first plurality of assets is located in said first of said plurality of customer defined landmark areas; selecting, by said operations module, an asset from said ranked list of assets; and transmitting, by said operations module via a communication network, an identification of said selected asset to said asset transporter.
