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Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2008
Applicants:

Eric T. Heinze, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Gregg J. Haensgen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Brian Eckelman, Waukesha, WI (US);

Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Whitefish Bay, WI (US);

Inventors:

Eric T. Heinze, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Gregg J. Haensgen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Feng Gao, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Brian Eckelman, Waukesha, WI (US);

Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Whitefish Bay, WI (US);

Assignee:

Pinpoint Technologies Inc., Brookfield, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04Q 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An asset tracking system includes a station, transmitting points, and tag units. The tag units can be used for communicating with the transmitting points. The station receives data associated with signal strengths between wireless access points and tag units. The station analyzes the data associated with a number of the transmitting points and determines the location of the tag units.


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