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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2019
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: receiving, at an identification tag associated with a moveable object and in a sleep state, a wake-up signal; waking, responsive to the wake-up signal, the identification tag; listening, while the identification tag is awake and at the identification tag, for a signal from at least one receiver, wherein the signal requests information regarding the identification tag; responsive to not receiving a signal, returning the identification tag to a sleep state after expiration of a back-off timer having a predetermined timer duration; and responsive to receiving a signal from at least one receiver, transmitting, to the least one receiver from an identification tag associated with a moveable object, information related to an environment surrounding the identification tag and information related to a location of the identification tag.