Patent ID: 11968608
Assignee: HELBIZ HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method for setting a state of an interlock a personal transport device, the method comprising: broadcasting a Bluetooth inquiry message from a Bluetooth radio that forms part of an IoT pack that is affixed to a body of the personal transport device; upon receipt of one or more responses to the Bluetooth inquiry message from one or more Bluetooth radios that form a part of one or more beacons that are used to demark a geofenced location, initiating, by a processor, provision of power to an ultra-wide band radio said processor and said ultra-wide band radio forming respective parts of the IoT pack receiving, by the ultra-wide band radio upon the initiating of the provision of power, ultra-wide band signals from one or more ultra-wide band radios that form a part of the one or more beacons; calculating ranging information from the IoT pack to the one or more beacons on the basis of the received ultra-wide band signals; analyzing the calculated ranging information to determine the location of the IoT pack relative to the geofenced location; receiving, by the IoT pack, one or more commands from a network operations center (“NOC”) on the basis of at least the results of the location determination and the state of the interlock; and setting the state of the interlock on the personal transport device by the IoT pack in accordance with the commands received from the NOC whereby corresponding interlock endpoints are engaged or disengaged on the basis of the commands.