System and method for remote asset management

a technology of system and method, applied in the field of system and method for remote asset management, can solve the problems of poor efficiency and cost-effective use of mobile telecommunications network infrastructure, lack of market drivers, and difficulty in accessing the computer of laptop users

Inactive Publication Date: 2022-04-28
M2M SOLUTIONS
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is an improved system for remotely managing assets, such as vehicles or equipment. The system uses wireless modules attached to each asset to collect data from a communication device, either directly or through a remote server. This data can be used to monitor and modify the operation of the asset based on pre-programmed conditions. The technical effect is to provide a more efficient and effective way to manage remote assets.

Problems solved by technology

The associated costs of the 3rd Generation wireless network infrastructure and the lack of market drivers are challenging the growth of the mobile industry.
In particular, the remote monitoring of assets and facilities is not optimised to make use of the mobile telecommunications network infrastructure in the most efficient and cost-effective way.
In the same area of application, laptop users sometimes experience difficulty in accessing their computer when it is locked down due to an access password being forgotten, or when the process of changing the password is interrupted after the old password expires.
Such a situation can be quite stressful if a professional user is travelling on behalf of her employer and must make a laptop presentation to a client.
Often, help desk staff are unavailable or they require details to be E-mailed, which is impossible when access is denied.
Furthermore, remote authentication and transfer of complicated default drive passwords is very challenging.
Such systems when deployed do not have the facility for the road data to be updated as road systems change.
If the system required such a message before cash could be withdrawn, stealing ATM bank cards would be less attractive.
Further to these limitations of existing technologies, and so far as is known, no wireless asset management system and method is presently available which is directed towards the specific needs of this problem area as outlined.

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[0123]In a first embodiment, the service platform communicates using SMS messages wherein each comprises a string of up to 160 characters. It will be apparent that the server platform may also and alternatively comprise another wireless module, which is able to serve as a master wireless module to supervise the asset management operations of one or more slave wireless modules.

[0124]The data processing means (60) provides the capability to transform the wireless module (10) from being an end point of data or voice communication into being a programmable gateway, which is able to communicate with a range of external devices or functional elements connected via the port module.

[0125]FIG. 2 illustrates the different applications controlled by the wireless module in the particular example where the mobile telecommunications network operates according to the GSM standard. It will be clear to those skilled in the art, which changes must be made to the wireless device and to the messaging p...

second embodiment

[0178]In the same invention, particular details of the system and method according to the application to vehicle guidance systems are now described in more detail. As mentioned, the wireless module has the capability to receive and store data for the purpose of updating data stored in the memory of an associated asset. In the particular example of the GPS vehicle guidance system, the in-vehicle GPS system calculates a position fix from the transmissions received from a number of satellites in the moving constellation of GPS satellites. This position fix is computed in the form of a geographical coordinate and compared with the coordinate-encoded map data in the vehicle guidance system. In order for the system to be useful, the map data must be up to date. According to the invention, as new roads become opened and knowledge becomes available of planned road works, it is advantageous that this data is transmitted using the mobile network infrastructure in the form of messages sent to ...

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Abstract

A system for autonomously monitoring and managing consumer device assets includes a plurality of consumer device assets registered with a remote computer server platform. The remote computer server platform is configured to execute software applications for monitoring and managing the consumer device assets. The consumer device assets communicate operational status information and consumer usage information to the remote computer server platform automatically as a result of pre-programmed conditions and / or instructions received from the remote computer server platform. The remote computer server platform monitors the consumer device assets by processing the operational status information and consumer usage information automatically according to preprogrammed conditions. Based upon the results of processing at least some of the received consumer usage information, the remote computer server platform manages the consumer device assets by communicating management instructions that cause the stored data content files of one or more assets to be automatically modified.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is a continuation of and claims priority from all priority dates of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 884,135, filed May 27, 2020, and entitled “System and Method for Remote Asset Management” (attorney docket number 130655-10419), and naming Philip Bernard Wesby as inventor, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference.[0002]U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 884,135 is a continuation of and claims priority from all priority dates of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 796,108, filed Feb. 20, 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,791,442, and entitled “System and Method for Remote Asset Management” (attorney docket number 130655-10418), and naming Philip Bernard Wesby as inventor, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference.[0003]U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 796,108 is a continuation of and claims priority from all priority dates of U.S. patent appli...

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IPC IPC(8): H04W4/50H04L41/0816H04L67/10H04W8/24H04L67/04G06Q40/00G06Q40/06H04L41/00H04L41/08H04W12/30H04W12/126H04W4/00H04W8/22H04L67/125H04W12/08H04W4/06H04W4/60H04L12/24H04L12/26H04L29/08
CPCH04W4/50H04W12/12H04L67/10H04W8/245H04L67/04G06Q40/00G06Q40/06H04L41/00H04L41/08H04W12/35H04W12/126H04W4/00H04W8/22H04L67/125H04W12/08H04W4/06H04W4/60H04L63/101H04L41/0816H04W4/20
InventorWESBY, PHILIP B.
OwnerM2M SOLUTIONS