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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Skybitz, Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Inventor:
Rich Battista, Ashburn, VA (US);
Assignee:
SkyBitz, Inc., Sterling, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/30 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for implementing a low-power local-area network for use with a mobile terminal satellite modem. This low-power local-area network enables sensors on an asset to transmit sensor data to a mobile terminal affixed on the asset. The mobile terminal reports the sensor data along with asset position information to a centralized facility via a communications satellite.