Wireless locating and monitoring system

摘要

A wireless tracking device including a positioning system for determining a location of the device and a processor connected to the positioning system. The wireless tracking device further including a wireless radio connected to the processor for transmitting the location of the device across a wireless area network.;A vehicle monitoring system including a sensor, a microcontroller configured to receive a sensor input from the sensor and determine a vehicle condition data, and a wireless transmitter in communication with the microcontroller. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit the vehicle condition data to a remote data network access point.;A method of monitoring a vehicle including determining a status of the vehicle, locating an available wireless data network access point, and transmitting the status of the vehicle though the access point.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
locating, by an object, a network connection to a wireless data network node available to the object, wherein the wireless data network node is a terrestrial node; and transmitting, from the object and using the network connection, information about the location of the object to the terrestrial node as a first node to receive the information about the location of the object and to a receiver node, wherein the transmitting the information about the location of the object comprises transmitting logged object data corresponding to a path of the movement of the object over a period of time.