METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRACKING SERVICES TO LOCATE AN ASSET

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the cellular transmitter is made. The location data is then communicated to a tracking service system, which tracking service system includes a database representative of geographic locations associated with a plurality of cellular receivers. The database is then queried with received location data so as to generate geographic tracking data associated with a location of the cellular receiver, the geographic tracking data including display data adapted to generate a map image including a representative of a location of the selected asset. The geographic tracking data is then communicated to an associated security agency so as to allow for viewing of an image generated in accordance with the display data and at least one of tracking and interception of the selected asset.

主权项

1. A location method comprising:
communicating data via an associated portable radio-frequency transceiver with at least two associated remote data communication devices operating under mutually distinct frequencies comprising a first communication frequency associated with a cellular communications system access point associated with an active communication session and a second communication frequency associated with an extraterrestrial data communication system; receiving first location data specifying a location of the associated portable radio-frequency transceiver from a first of the remote data communication devices and determining second location data associated with a relative location of the associated portable radio-frequency transceiver to a second of the remote communication devices; generating a location indicator corresponding to a physical location of the associated portable radio-frequency device determined by a combination of the first and second location data; and generating a directional indicator corresponding to an orientation of the associated portable radio-frequency device in accordance with at least one of the mutually distinct frequencies.