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

Claim 11:
12. Non-transitory computer readable media comprising program code that when executed by a programmable processor causes execution of a method for setting a state of an interlock on a personal transport device, the computer readable media comprising: computer program code for 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; computer program code for initiating, by a processor, provision of power to an ultra-wide band radio-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, said processor and said ultra-wide band radio forming respective parts of the IoT pack computer program code for receiving, by the ultra-wide by 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; computer program code for calculating ranging information from the IoT pack to the one or more beacons on the basis of the received ultra-wide band signals; computer program code for analyzing the calculated ranging information to determine the location of the IoT pack relative to the geofenced location; computer program code for 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 computer program code for 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.