Patent ID: 9740892
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06Q

Claim:
1. A server-implemented method for tracking an asset in an indoor facility, comprising: receiving, from a first mobile device connected to the server via a wireless communication network, an asset tracking tag collision report, the asset tracking tag collision report including a tag identifier of an asset tracking tag associated with the asset, wherein the tag identifier is transmitted to the first mobile device in a wireless signal broadcast by the asset tracking tag when the asset tracking tag determines that the asset has moved; determining a new location of the asset based on the received asset tracking tag collision report; updating an asset location database to indicate the new location of the asset; and in response to determining the new location of the asset, transmitting an instruction message to a mobile device to cause the mobile device to direct the asset tracking tag to cease broadcasting the wireless signal, wherein transmitting the instruction message to the mobile device comprises transmitting the instruction message to a plurality of mobile devices within the facility, whereby the next of the plurality of mobile devices to detect the wireless signal from the asset tracking tag will instruct the tag to cease broadcasting.