Physical event management during asset tracking

A technology for asset and event notification, applied in the direction of resources, data processing applications, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of not being able to identify when to start the dependent process, not having the meaning of tracking data, and not having information.

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-10-03
交易魔法公司 +1
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However, these tracking systems typically only provide raw tracking data, which do not have the details of how the tracking data makes sense in the overall context of the shipment or supply chain operations depending on where the asset was during the shipment
These systems do not provide users with real-time warnings that predict future problems with shipments
These systems also do not recognize when dependent processes should be initiated and do not have the information needed to initiate dependent processes

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[0012] Asset Tracking Overview

[0013] figure 1 An example buyer 102, seller 104, and label provider 106 interacting in a shipment situation are illustrated. The example asset 108 is shipped from the seller 104 to the buyer 102 on the example vehicle 110 . In some implementations, the asset is an intermodal container, however, the asset could also be, for example, equipment or other items capable of being monitored or tracked. Examples of means of transportation include, but are not limited to, trucks, trains, ships, and airplanes. Examples of assets include, but are not limited to, containers such as dry cargo containers, refrigerated containers, ISO tanks, trailers, box trucks, and unit loading devices (ULDs).

[0014] In general, buyer 102 or seller 104 sends a request to label provider 106 to track the shipment of asset 108 . The label provider 106 prepares selected labels 114 for dispatch from the label pool 112 to the location from which the asset is being shipped (...

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Techniques for physical event management while tracking physical assets are disclosed. In one aspect, data identifying locations of interest in a journey of an asset is received. A position fix for the asset is received and a determination is made that the asset is within a location of interest. In another aspect, data identifying one or more milestones in a journey of the asset is received. An event notification is received from a tag coupled to the asset, and it is determined that there is a problem in the shipment of the asset. In yet another aspect, data identifying one or more actions that should be taken after events of interest in a journey of the asset is received. An event notification is received from a tag coupled to the asset, and it is determined that a particular action should be taken.

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technical field [0001] The present subject matter generally relates to monitoring and tracking of physical assets such as intermodal containers. Background technique [0002] Various tracking services exist that track an asset (eg, an intermodal container) as it travels from an origin location to a destination location. For example, some systems receive periodic updates regarding asset locations, batch the updates, and then provide the batched updates to the user at a later time. However, the data received by these systems is often received long after events in the asset's journey have occurred. This delay makes it difficult for these systems to perform real-time analysis of shipments. Additionally, the data is often received from multiple independent systems. The use of multiple systems requires normalization, syntax mapping and semantic understanding of the data, which creates further problems for real-time analysis. [0003] Other systems use wireless monitoring and t...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/00
CPCG06Q50/28G06Q10/087G06Q10/06G06Q10/0833G06Q10/08
Inventor 尼古拉斯·D·科瓦纳利尼·苏布拉马尼亚姆
Owner 交易魔法公司
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