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US 9,274,232 · App. 13/290,077 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Method and apparatus for establishing meshed GPS network

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Patent No.
US 9,274,232
App. No.
13/290,077
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining real time location of assets by calculating the relative position of a plurality of GPS enabled devices transported together, taking advantage of multiple GPS enable devices being transported together including dual band GPS and averaging location data between US and European GPS data. Additionally, an IMB acts to receive GPS data from multiple devices in a shipment and IMB combines and averages data from both GPS systems to create more liable location determination.

Claims (7)

1. A method for determining the relative location of monitored elements within a closed container, the comprising:

determining the dimensions of the closed container;

querying a plurality of monitored elements:

collecting responses from one or more monitored elements; and

determining the relative location of a monitored element based on a response time for the monitored element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises mapping the location of each asset based on the time of response to the query.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting location data for at least one monitored element to a remote location.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; WAM SOLUTIONS LLC; INSYNC SOFTWARE, INC.; INSYNC, INC.
Reel/Frame 057652/0323 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; GLOBALTRAK, LLC; INSYNC SOFTWARE, INC.; INTHINC LLC; STARTRAK LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; WAM SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 057392/0596 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2017
From: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; ORBCOMM SENS, LLC; GLOBALTRAK, LLC; INSYNC SOFTWARE, INC.; WAM SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 044908/0688 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 14, 2017
From: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; ORBCOMM SENS, LLC; GLOBALTRAK, LLC; INSYNC, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042809/0437 →
FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RELEASE AGREEMENT Recorded May 24, 2017
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALTRAK, LLC
Reel/Frame 042551/0435 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2017
From: MACQUARIE CAF LLC
To: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; ORBCOMM LICENSE CORP.; ORBCOMM AIS LLC; ORBCOMM TERRESTRIAL LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; STARTRAK LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC; ORBCOMM INDIA LLC; ORBCOMM CHINA LLC; ORBCOMM CIS LLC; ORBCOMM AFRICA LLC; ORBCOMM SOUTH AFRICA GATEWAY COMPANY LLC; ORBCOMM CENTRAL AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 1 LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 2 LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 3 LLC; GLOBALTRAK, LLC; MOBILENET, LLC; ORBCOMM SENS, LLC; AMERISCAN, INC.; RIDGELEY HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 042201/0798 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2014
From: ORBCOMM INC.; ORBCOMM LLC; ORBCOMM LICENSE CORP.; ORBCOMM AIS LLC; ORBCOMM TERRESTRIAL LLC; STARTRAK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; STARTRAK LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC; ORBCOMM INDIA LLC; ORBCOMM CHINA LLC; ORBCOMM CIS LLC; ORBCOMM AFRICA LLC; ORBCOMM SOUTH AFRICA GATEWAY COMPANY LLC; ORBCOMM CENTRAL AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 1 LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 2 LLC; ORBCOMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 3 LLC; GLOBALTRAK, LLC; MOBILENET, LLC; ORBCOMM SENS, LLC; AMERISCAN, INC.
To: MACQUARIE CAF LLC
Reel/Frame 034012/0341 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 15, 2013
From: GLOBALTRAK, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 030421/0974 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2013
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: SYSTEM PLANNING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030178/0781 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2013
From: SYSTEM PLANNING CORPORATION
To: GLOBALTRAK ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 030182/0359 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: SYSTEM PLANNING CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 027999/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2011
From: STRAZ, RONALD; LOFTUS, JOHN; MARTIN, RON; MEYERS, RICHARD C.
To: SYSTEM PLANNING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027403/0362 →