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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Van Buren Charter Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, DEARBORN, US;
Abstract
An example asset tracking and management method executed by a processor in a vehicle or a trailer of the vehicle can include detecting a detachment of the trailer from the vehicle at a first geographical location. A message may be sent to a server/cloud computer to inform the server/cloud computer of the detachment of the trailer from the vehicle. The message can include location information for identifying the first geographical location. Inventory information such as, for example, a tracking number and/or a description of an item contained in the trailer may also be sent. The server/cloud computer receives the message and assigns another vehicle to travel to the first geographical location by using the location information and transport the trailer or the item to a second geographical location. The second geographical location can be a destination for delivery of the item.
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