Granted Patent B2

US 12,425,809 · App. 18/462,018 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Diane Kathleen Bustamante (Elkhorn, WI); Keith James Hosli (River Ridge, LA); Erin Alan Hynum (Madison, WI); Glen Lawrence Rudie (Stoughton, WI); Jerome Paul Verhoeven (Sun Prairie, WI)

Assignee: THERMA-STOR LLC

H04W4/029G01S19/01H04W4/021

Abstract

Claims (101)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory, configured to store:

a plurality of geofences, wherein a first geofence is associated with a first jobsite location and a second geofence is associated with a second jobsite location; and

existing asset location information comprising current global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of one or more tagged assets; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:

obtain first updated asset location information corresponding to a tagged asset, the first updated asset location information comprising possible updates to the existing asset location information;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to at least one gateway associated with at least one of the first jobsite location or the second jobsite location, determine whether first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap the first geofence associated with the first jobsite location as distinguished from the second geofence associated with the second jobsite location;

in response to determining that the first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap the first geofence of the first jobsite location among multiple jobsite locations, generate a first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in a first jobsite location;

in conjunction with determining that the tagged asset is coupled to the at least one gateway, determine whether the at least one gateway is a previously coupled gateway; and

in response to determining that the at least one gateway is the previously coupled gateway, determine global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as the first global positioning coordinates.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to a previously coupled gateway, maintain the tagged asset coupled to the previously coupled gateway;

determine global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as second global positioning coordinates of the tagged asset;

determine whether the second global positioning coordinates are within the first geofence of the first jobsite location;

in response to determining that the second global positioning coordinates are not within the first geofence, determine whether the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment; and

in response to determining that the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment, remove the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not coupled to a second gateway, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned recently;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not scanned recently, uncouple the tagged asset from any gateways;

determine second global positioning coordinates as unknown;

identify the first global positioning coordinates as in the first updated asset location information as last known global positioning coordinates;

determine that the second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information do not overlap the second geofence of the second jobsite location; and

maintain the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the second gateway provided the first updated asset location information during a start-up operation; and

in conjunction with determining that the second gateway provided the second updated asset location information during a start-up operation, maintain the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

determine whether the tagged asset is coupled to a first gateway;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not coupled to the first gateway, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned recently;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is scanned recently, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned by a second gateway;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is scanned by the second gateway, determine global positioning coordinates of the second gateway as second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information;

determine that the second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information overlap the first geofence of the first jobsite location; and

generate a second jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

associate the tagged asset to a label indicating that the tagged asset is a predefined asset type;

generate a report indicating that the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment, the label, and an asset name; and

present the report via an interface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to in conjunction with obtaining the first updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset, trigger an output of the tagged asset to indicate operation of the tagged asset.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more gateways configured to track a plurality of tagged assets; and

a server communicatively coupled to the one or more gateways and configured to:

obtain first updated asset location information corresponding to a tagged asset, the first updated asset location information comprising possible updates to existing asset location information comprising current global positioning coordinates of one or more tagged assets;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to at least one gateway associated with at least one of a first jobsite location or a second jobsite location, determine whether first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap a first geofence associated with the first jobsite location as distinguished from a second geofence associated with the second jobsite location;

in response to determining that the first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap the first geofence of the first jobsite location among multiple jobsite locations, generate a first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in a first jobsite location;

in conjunction with determining that the tagged asset is coupled to the at least one gateway, determine whether the at least one gateway is a previously coupled gateway; and

in response to determining that the at least one gateway is the previously coupled gateway, determine global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as the first global positioning coordinates.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to a previously coupled gateway, maintain the tagged asset coupled to the previously coupled gateway;

determine global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as second global positioning coordinates of the tagged asset;

determine whether the second global positioning coordinates are within the first geofence of the first jobsite location;

in response to determining that the second global positioning coordinates are not within the first geofence, determine whether the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment; and

in response to determining that the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment, remove the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not coupled to a second gateway, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned recently;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not scanned recently, uncouple the tagged asset from any gateways;

determine second global positioning coordinates as unknown;

identify the first global positioning coordinates as in the first updated asset location information as last known global positioning coordinates;

determine that the second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information do not overlap the second geofence of the second jobsite location; and

maintain the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the server is further configured to:

determine whether the second gateway provided the first updated asset location information during a start-up operation; and

in conjunction with determining that the second gateway provided the second updated asset location information during a start-up operation, maintain the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is further configured to:

obtain second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

determine whether the tagged asset is coupled to a first gateway;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not coupled to the first gateway, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned recently;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is scanned recently, determine whether the tagged asset is scanned by a second gateway;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is scanned by the second gateway, determine global positioning coordinates of the second gateway as second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information;

determine that the second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information overlap the first geofence of the first jobsite location; and

generate a second jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is further configured to:

associate the tagged asset to a label indicating that the tagged asset is a predefined asset type;

generate a report indicating that the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment, the label, and an asset name; and

present the report via an interface.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server is further configured to in conjunction with obtaining the first updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset, trigger an output of the tagged asset to indicate operation of the tagged asset.

15. A method, comprising:

obtaining first updated asset location information corresponding to a tagged asset, the first updated asset location information comprising possible updates to existing asset location information comprising current global positioning coordinates of one or more tagged assets;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to at least one gateway associated with at least one of a first jobsite location or a second jobsite location, determining whether first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap a first geofence associated with the first jobsite location as distinguished from a second geofence associated with the second jobsite location;

in response to determining that the first global positioning coordinates in the first updated asset location information overlap the first geofence of the first jobsite location among multiple jobsite locations, generating a first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in a first jobsite location;

in conjunction with determining that the tagged asset is coupled to the at least one gateway, determining whether the at least one gateway is a previously coupled gateway; and

in response to determining that the at least one gateway is the previously coupled gateway, determining global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as the first global positioning coordinates.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

obtaining second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is coupled to a previously coupled gateway, maintaining the tagged asset coupled to the previously coupled gateway;

determining global positioning coordinates of the previously coupled gateway as second global positioning coordinates of the tagged asset;

determining whether the second global positioning coordinates are within the first geofence of the first jobsite location;

in response to determining that the second global positioning coordinates are not within the first geofence, determining whether the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment; and

in response to determining that the tagged asset is associated with the first jobsite assignment, removing the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

obtaining second updated asset location information corresponding to the tagged asset;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not coupled to a second gateway, determining whether the tagged asset is scanned recently;

in response to determining that the tagged asset is not scanned recently, uncoupling the tagged asset from any gateways;

determining second global positioning coordinates as unknown;

identifying the first global positioning coordinates as in the first updated asset location information as last known global positioning coordinates;

determining that the second global positioning coordinates in the second updated asset location information do not overlap the second geofence of the second jobsite location; and

maintaining the first jobsite assignment indicating that the tagged asset is located in the first jobsite location.

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