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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Teletracking Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen S. Jackson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An example embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a tag affixed to a moveable object, a signal to wake the tag affixed to a moveable object; receiving, at the tag affixed to a moveable object, a request from at least one receiver for presence information associated with the moveable object; providing, from the tag affixed to a moveable object, identification information associated with the moveable object; transmitting, from the tag affixed to a moveable object, location data to the at least one receiver; transmitting, from the tag affixed to a moveable object, use state information associated with the moveable object; and returning the tag affixed to a moveable object to a sleep state. Related systems are also provided herein.