Patent ID: 9613239
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06K,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of tracking an asset, the method comprising: detecting one or more motions of a transmitter located with the asset, wherein the one or more motions are detected using a motion sensor coupled to the transmitter; identifying the one or more motions, wherein a motion is associated with a magnitude and a duration; parameterizing magnitudes and durations associated with the one or more motions; determining a deliberate motion threshold; identifying one or more deliberate motions from the one or more motions, wherein a deliberate motion is a motion having a magnitude and a duration above the deliberate motion threshold; combining the one or more deliberate motions to generate one or more consecutive actions, wherein the one or more consecutive actions have a corresponding signature; analyzing the signature corresponding to the one or more consecutive actions, wherein analyzing includes correlating the one or more consecutive actions to an event; and transmitting a data ping, wherein transmitting the data ping signifies qualification of the event.