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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Paul A. Monte, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Santiago, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert D. Miller, Milpitas, CA (US);
David Homer Biggs, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Mark Edward Sutton, Covington, LA (US);
Walter Debus, Covington, LA (US);
Robert Rouquette, Covington, LA (US);
Ronnie Daryl Tanner, Covington, LA (US);
Paul A. Monte, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Santiago, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert D. Miller, Milpitas, CA (US);
David Homer Biggs, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Mark Edward Sutton, Covington, LA (US);
Walter Debus, Covington, LA (US);
Robert Rouquette, Covington, LA (US);
Ronnie Daryl Tanner, Covington, LA (US);
Globalstar, Inc., Covington, LA (US);
Abstract
An asset locator device including (a) a wireless receiver capable of receiving an identifier signal transmitted from a short range wireless transmitter device; (b) a wireless transmitter capable of transmitting a message to a space based network; (c) a positioning system capable of determining the location of the locator device; (d) a vibration sensor; and (e) a controller. The controller instructs the asset locator to: (i) attempt to detect the identifier signal from the transmitter device if the vibration sensor senses vibration; and (ii) transmit a signal, including an asset location, to the space based network if: (1) the identifier signal is not detected; and (2) location fixes from the positioning system indicate a location change of the asset.