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Hybrid tracking device

US9442178B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Baruch Eruchimovitch · Haifa, IL
Gilad Bornstein · Haifa, IL
Nir Strauss · Yoqneam Illit, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2010
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08B29/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for tracking various assets. The apparatus includes a hybrid tracking device (HTD) for tracking an associated asset. The HTD includes a personal area network (PAN) transceiver to couple the HTD to a gateway, proxy or slave HTDs. The HTD may include a sensor to generate sensor information. Alternatively, the sensor information is generated remotely. The sensor information includes a determined location and/or information characteristic of an HTD or its environment. Sensor information from one sensor is used to represent HTDs separated by the PAN. The HTD may also include a wide area network (WAN) transceiver to communicate with an asset tracking server.

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