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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Scott Manderville, Georgetown, IN (US);
Kevin Baxter, Glendale, CA (US);
Fred Holmes, Cleveland, OK (US);
Ken Fisher, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Scott Manderville, Georgetown, IN (US);
Kevin Baxter, Glendale, CA (US);
Fred Holmes, Cleveland, OK (US);
Ken Fisher, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shotspotter, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may include obtaining position data of an asset via a GPS receiver in communication with a position sensor associated with the asset, processing position data and sensor data via a processing component associated with the position sensor that receives the position data from the GPS receiver, and communicating sensor data to a host device via a communication interface associated with the position sensor and configured to enable wireless communication between the position sensor and the host device.