Systems, methods and devices for asset status determination

摘要

A system for managing data related to at least one leaf node device, the system including a location processing engine located on a server that is remote from the at least one leaf node device; at least one point of interest (POI) device for collecting data relating to at least one leaf node device and transmitting the collected data with a timestamp using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE); at least one reader node device for receiving the collected data from the point of interest (POI) device using BLE and transmitting the collected data to the location processing engine; and a database of the known locations of POI devices, wherein the known locations are used as a basis for determining the location of the at least one leaf node device that communicated with the POI device.

主权项

1. A method for real time location of at least one leaf node device, comprising:
taking at least one of signal strength information, proximity information and phase angle information collected via Bluetooth Low Energy communication signals from the leaf node device, wherein the information from the leaf node device is collected by at least two collection devices wherein each collection device is from the group consisting of reader nodes and point of interest devices; delivering the collected information to a processing engine that is remote from the leaf node device; processing the collected information in real time to determine the location of the leaf node device; and further comprising calculating an average location for a leaf node device based on two or more determinations of location for the leaf node device, wherein each of the determinations of location is based on data from a different one of the at least two collection devices.