Patent ID: 7688185
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an alert for a trailer, comprising: receiving, at a tracking system via a satellite communication from a mobile terminal affixed to said trailer, a motion detection report that indicates that said trailer has departed from an origin location, said motion detection report also including information that enables identification by said tracking system of a position of said trailer; transmitting a message from said tracking system to a dispatch system, said message including a trailer identifier associated with said motion detection report; identifying, by a dispatch system, a truck that has been assigned to said trailer having said trailer identifier; polling, by said dispatch system, said identified truck for a position; determining whether a position reported said identified truck in response to said polling is in proximity to said identified position of said trailer; and generating an alert if said reported position of said identified truck is not in proximity to said identified position of said trailer.