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US 12,271,206 · App. 18/318,560 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Gateway system with multiple modes of operation in a fleet management system

Inventors: Kevin Russell Coates Lloyd (San Carlos, CA); James Michael Rowson (Mamaroneck, NY); Maxwell Anton Dergosits (San Francisco, CA); Elias Ray Dykaar (San Francisco, CA); Erin Maria Bailie (Seattle, CA)
Assignee: Samsara Inc.
G05D1/0285G01R19/165G05D1/0297G06F1/3287G06Q10/08G07C5/008H04W4/02H04W4/38G06F9/4401H04W88/16
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Patent No.
US 12,271,206
App. No.
18/318,560
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method is disclosed that includes the step of: responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein transitioning comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode.

Claims (28)

1. A method, comprising:

responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the first mode is a hibernate mode of operation in which a location sensor of the gateway system and a cellular communication interface of the gateway system are turned off, wherein the transitioning from the first mode to the second mode comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode, wherein the second mode is an intermediate mode of operation in which the location sensor of the gateway system is operational and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system is turned off, wherein the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use because the mobile asset is in an accessories mode in which the power source of the mobile asset supplies power to the gateway system and to some but not all components of the mobile asset and an alternator of the mobile asset is not running; and

responsive to determining, based on further input data, that the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is in-use, transitioning the gateway system from the second mode to a third mode, wherein the third mode is a full mode of operation in which all components of the gateway system, including the location sensor of the gateway system and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system, are operational and in which the gateway system transmits location readings obtained by the location sensor of the gateway system to a management server through the cellular communication interface of the gateway system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprises voltage measurement data, location data, accelerometer data, or diagnostic port data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein not in-use comprises no significant motion of the mobile asset, wherein in-use comprises significant motion of the mobile asset.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein not in-use comprises no running engine of the mobile asset, wherein in-use comprises a running engine of the mobile asset.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a power source of the gateway system is not charged in the second mode.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system only upon request.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system at a predetermined frequency.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a processor of a gateway system mounted on a mobile asset, will cause the gateway system to perform operations comprising:

responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the first mode is a hibernate mode of operation in which a location sensor of the gateway system and a cellular communication interface of the gateway system are turned off, wherein the transitioning from the first mode to the second mode comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode, wherein the second mode is an intermediate mode of operation in which the location sensor of the gateway system is operational and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system is turned off, wherein the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use because the mobile asset is in an accessories mode in which the power source of the mobile asset supplies power to the gateway system and to some but not all components of the mobile asset and an alternator of the mobile asset is not running; and

responsive to determining, based on further input data, that the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is in-use, transitioning the gateway system from the second mode to a third mode, wherein the third mode is a full mode of operation in which all components of the gateway system, including the location sensor of the gateway system and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system, are operational and in which the gateway system transmits location readings obtained by the location sensor of the gateway system to a management server through the cellular communication interface of the gateway system.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the input data comprises voltage measurement data, location data, accelerometer data, or diagnostic port data.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein not in-use comprises no significant motion of the mobile asset, wherein in-use comprises significant motion of the mobile asset.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein not in-use comprises no running engine of the mobile asset wherein in-use comprises a running engine of the mobile asset.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein a power source of the gateway system is not charged in the second mode.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system only upon request.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system at a predetermined frequency.

15. A gateway system for tracking a mobile asset, the gateway system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the gateway system to perform operations comprising:

responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the first mode is a hibernate mode of operation in which a location sensor of the gateway system and a cellular communication interface of the gateway system are turned off, wherein the transitioning from the first mode to the second mode comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode, wherein the second mode is an intermediate mode of operation in which the location sensor of the gateway system is operational and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system is turned off, wherein the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use because the mobile asset is in an accessories mode in which the power source of the mobile asset supplies power to the gateway system and to some but not all components of the mobile asset and an alternator of the mobile asset is not running; and

responsive to determining, based on further input data, that the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is in-use, transitioning the gateway system from the second mode to a third mode, wherein the third mode is a full mode of operation in which all components of the gateway system, including the location sensor of the gateway system and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system, are operational and in which the gateway system transmits location readings obtained by the location sensor of the gateway system to a management server through the cellular communication interface of the gateway system.

16. The gateway system of claim 15 , wherein the input data comprises voltage measurement data, location data, accelerometer data, or diagnostic port data.

17. The gateway system of claim 15 , wherein not in-use comprises no running engine of the mobile asset, wherein in-use comprises a running engine of the mobile asset.

18. The gateway system of claim 15 , wherein a power source of the gateway system is not charged in the second mode.

19. The gateway system of claim 15 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system only upon request.

20. The gateway system of claim 15 , wherein turning on the functionality comprises determining a location of the gateway system at a predetermined frequency.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: LLOYD, KEVIN RUSSELL COATES; ROWSON, JAMES MICHAEL; DERGOSITS, MAXWELL ANTON; DYKAAR, ELIAS RAY; BAILIE, ERIN MARIA
To: SAMSARA NETWORKS INC.
Reel/Frame 063660/0544 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2023
From: SAMSARA NETWORKS INC.
To: SAMSARA INC.
Reel/Frame 063665/0679 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 16848206 · Apr 14, 2020
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