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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2018
Teletracking Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen S. Jackson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An example embodiment provides a method, including: transmitting, to a rotatable tag affixed to a moveable object and after the rotatable tag wakes from a sleep mode, a request for presence information from at least one receiver, wherein the presence information comprises a request to determine if the rotatable tag is within a perimeter with respect to the at least one receiver; the rotatable tag comprising a tag having more than one indicator associated with a use state of the moveable object and the rotatable tag providing a visual signal representing a current use state of the moveable object; receiving, at the at least one receiver from the rotatable tag, identification information associated with the moveable object, wherein the identification information comprises information identifying the moveable object and the requested presence information; and receiving, from the rotatable tag, information identifying the current use state at the at least one receiver.