System and method for managing remotely and distantly located assets

US7165040B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• I.D. SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth S. Ehrman · Upper Saddle River, US
• Michael Ehrman · New York, US
• Jeffrey M. Jagid · Closter, US
• Joseph M. Pinzon · The Bronx, US
• Yaron Hecker · New York, US
• Leonard Pimentel · Newfoundland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 16, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W64/00
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A commercially acceptable solution to provide for monitoring battery voltage of an asset, managing charging of batteries of a group of assets, and managing scheduled maintenance of assets may utilize system architecture having intelligent wireless devices associated with the individual assets. The use of intelligent wireless devices allows for the asset management system to operate and maintain functionality substantially without loss of data in the event of a loss of communication between the wireless devices and a management computing system via a network, including an out-of-range condition of the wireless devices with respect to a local monitor.