Patent ID: 8004397
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mountable reporting source comprising: a controller; an interrogating component coupled with the controller configured for automatically receiving an identifier which is unique to an asset, wherein the asset is a construction asset involved in a construction project; a position determining component coupled with the controller and configured for determining a geographic location of the mountable reporting source; and a merge asset information enabling communications component coupled with the controller and configured for transmitting to an asset management system a message conveying the identifier, the geographic location and a first portion of information about the asset, wherein the mountable reporting source is selected, from among a plurality of different types of reporting sources, to be associated with the asset based on the characteristics of the asset and the objectives of the construction project in which the asset is involved and wherein the asset management system is enabled to merge the first portion of information about the asset reported by the mountable reporting source with a second portion of information about the asset reported by another reporting source.