Granted Patent B1

US 12,328,639 · App. 18/752,307 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Inventors: Jason Smith (Signal Mountain, TN); Pierre Gavaret (Novato, CA); Matthew Basham (Oakland, CA); Suryakant Kaushik (Austin, TX); Faiz Sohaib Abbasi (San Francisco, CA); Jaiveer Kothari (San Francisco, CA); Frieda Bobay (Hendersonville, TN); Matthew Geddie (New York, NY); Darrin Joseph Yuhn, Jr. (Kansas City, MO); Katherine Heddleston (Austin, TX); Rachel Hiu Tung Cheng (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Samsara Inc.

H04W4/021G06Q10/0833G06Q10/0838H04W4/029

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A computerized method of generating a dynamic combined geofence, the computerized method performed by a computing system having a hardware processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing software instructions executable by the computing system to perform the computerized method comprising:

a) detecting locations of a group of assets including two or more primary assets and one or more secondary assets, wherein locations of secondary assets are detected based on locations of one or more primary assets;

b) determining a geofence associated with a first primary asset, wherein the first primary asset is a vehicle and a first secondary asset of the one or more secondary assets comprises a tool or equipment associated with the vehicle;

c) determining a geofence associated with a second primary asset;

d) identifying an overlap of geofences of first primary asset and the second primary asset;

e) adjusting one or more of a size or a shape of a combined geofence based on the identified overlap, wherein adjusting the combined geofence comprises using one or more machine learning algorithms to make an adjustment to the combined geofence based on historical data; and

f) repeating (c)-(e) for each additional primary asset having a geofence overlapping the combined geofence.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

periodically repeating (a)-(f) to account for movement of the group of assets and corresponding geofences.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

repeating (a)-(f) in response to detection of movement of a primary asset.

4. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the combined geofence is circular, cylindrical, or polygonal.

5. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an alert when at least one of the secondary assets move outside the combined geofence.

6. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the geofences are defined based on a predetermined radius around each primary asset.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing historical data of adjustments to the combined geofence for future analysis and optimization.

8. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the combined geofence and the locations of the primary and secondary assets on a user interface.

9. A computing system comprising:

a hardware computer processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon, the software instructions executable by the hardware computer processor to cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

receiving location data from a group of assets including two or more primary assets and one or more secondary assets, wherein locations of secondary assets are detected based on locations of one or more primary assets;

determining a geofence associated with a first primary asset, wherein the first primary asset is a vehicle and a first secondary asset of the one or more secondary assets comprises a tool or equipment associated with the vehicle;

determining a geofence associated with a second primary asset;

identifying an overlap of geofences of the first primary asset and the second primary asset;

adjusting one or more of a size or a shape of a combined geofence based on the identified overlap, wherein adjusting the combined geofence comprises using one or more machine learning algorithms to make an adjustment to the combined geofence based on historical data;

repeating the identifying and adjusting for each additional primary asset having a geofence overlapping the combined geofence;

generating an alert when at least one of the secondary assets move outside the combined geofence; and

transmitting the alert to a recipient via a communication channel selected from: email, SMS, push notification, or in-app alert.

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