GLOBAL RESOURCE LOCATOR

摘要

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for accurately calculating time with a Miniature Atomic Clock along with other components that can receive process and communicate information to enable locating, identifying, and tracking physical Assets and data contained within the Assets. More specifically, the present disclosure presents a Global Resource Locating (GRL) device and service that may be adhered or inserted in the Asset, which may be built in or attached to a second Asset, wherein the device may comprise a receiver and a trilateration mechanism. In some aspects, the Asset may comprise a product, organism, produce, or component of a logistics based operational process and marketing based Asset movement and usage analysis.

主权项

1. A GRL Device for determining location information, the GRL Device comprising:
a miniature atomic clock; a processor in logical communication with the miniature atomic clock; a receiver for receiving timing signals from multiple reference locations; a memory for storing a unique identifier; an Affixing Vehicle for Affixing the GRL Device to an Asset and thereby fixedly associating a UUID with the Asset; a wireless transmitter for transmitting data signals; a digital storage comprising location coordinates of known transmitters, the location coordinates accessible to the processor; and executable software stored on the GRL Device and executable on demand, the software operative with the processor to cause the GRL Device to:
receive respective transmissions from the multiple reference locations;determine a physical location of the GRL Device based on the respective transmissions received from the multiple reference locations and the location coordinates of known transmitters; andtransmit an authenticated location comprising the UUID, the determined physical location and a private key.