Patent ID: 7385500

Claim:
In a method for effectuating collaboration on mobile asset tracking between one or many parties that own mobile assets equipped with mobile asset tracking devices (“Owners”) and one or many other parties with a need to know tracking data for at least one mobile asset or its contents for at least one discrete event (“Partners”), the method comprising the steps of: a) at least one Owner and at least one Partner specifying the tracking data required for one or many mobile assets for one or more discrete events, wherein the mobile assets are equipped with remotely configurable mobile asset tracking devices; b) using the specified tracking data to remotely configure the mobile asset tracking devices; c) acquiring tracking data from the remotely configured tracking device for one or more discrete events which simultaneously minimizes the quantity of data acquired and satisfies the specified tracking data; and d) at least one Owner and at least one Partner contemporaneously accessing and viewing the specified tracking data.