System and a method for entity tracking

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring and tracking entities in one or more transit points is provided. The present invention provides for receiving one or more types of signaling functions associated with an entity in response to a code generated by a transmitter device. The code comprises a unique transmitter ID associated with a unique entity ID. Further, the invention provides for ascertaining validity of at least one type of signaling function and generating a time stamped record of at least one type of signaling function. Further, the invention provides for processing the code with tracking data to generate an event message. The tracking data comprises at least location of the entity along with other parameters associated with the entity. Further, the invention provides for extracting the unique entity ID and tracking data associated with the entity from the event message, and generating a tracking file.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to the field of tracking entities. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and a method for tracking entities positioned at any location or moving through one or more transit points efficiently and accurately.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Presently, entities such as people, vehicles, machines, tools, materials, objects, etc. are monitored and tracked via physical elements such as RFID tags, biometrics, barcode tags and the like methods. Generally, barcodes may be used to track entry or exit of entities such as vehicles, machines, tools etc. through a transit point, such as a gate. In a typical example of vehicle transit from a factory to a dealer, barcodes with a unique code for each vehicle are coupled with respective vehicles. The transit of the vehicle from the factory to the dealer may include multiple transit sites such as factory yard, trucks, ports, ships, trains, etc. and the transit ...

Images