Patent ID: 11921100
Assignee: TRAXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  E  H | IPC A  E  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for locating and tracking an object, the system comprising:
a measuring device configured to determine a property of a paving-related material and to wirelessly communicate the determined property over a first wireless network to a first remote device that is operable to communicate the determined property to a second remote device over a second wireless network, wherein the first and second wireless networks are different;
a locating device configured to determine a location of the measuring device;
a tracking module co-located with the measuring device and configured to track the location of the measuring device, wherein the tracking module includes an RFID tag; and
one or more RFID interrogators,
wherein each RFID interrogator is located at a pre-determined location and is associated with a pre-determined communication range,
wherein each RFID interrogator is configured to detect the RFID tag when then RFID tag is located within the communications range of one of the one or more RFID interrogators, and
wherein, upon detecting the RFID tag, each RFID interrogator is configured to communicate location information.