Patent ID: 9622025
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06Q,G16H,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: scanning, by an asset tag manager executing by a processing device during a scanning window, for wireless broadcasts from beacon devices located at fixed locations, wherein: filtering the wireless broadcasts, by the asset tag manager, to generate a subset of the wireless broadcasts, wherein the filtering is based on at least one of signal strength of the respective wireless broadcast or an identifier indicating an unapproved device having transmitted the wireless broadcast; identifying, by the asset tag manager, within the subset of the wireless broadcasts, a first wireless broadcast with a first data packet in view of an indication that a first beacon device is within a specified distance from the asset tag manager, the first beacon device having transmitted the first wireless broadcast; parsing, by the asset tag manager, the first data packet to locate a first beacon identifier associated with the first beacon device; creating, by the asset tag manager, a second data packet with the first beacon identifier and an asset tag identifier associated with the asset; and transmitting a second wireless broadcast comprising the second data packet, the second wireless broadcast to be received by a hub.