Asset travel monitoring with linked asset tracking devices

US11790311B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Geotab Inc. · CA

Inventors

• Neil Charles Cawse · Oakville, CA
• Jonathan Bean · Arvada, US
• Christopher J. Mendes · Kitchener, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A method for inferring a status asset information from data of a first type gathered by a first asset tracking device is provided. The method includes determining that a first asset tracking device coupled to a first asset and a second asset tracking device coupled to a second asset are travelling together, that the first asset tracking device has a first operating mode, and that the second asset tracking device has a second operating mode, which is different from the first operating mode of the first asset tracking device. In response, the second asset tracking device enters into a low-power mode in which it either does not gather data of the first type or does so at a reduced rate. Status information related to the second asset may be inferred from data of the first type gathered by the first asset tracking device.