Patent ID: 7965181

Claim:
An asset tracking system for use on an asset transporter carrying an asset load, comprising: a mobile terminal that is affixed to said asset transporter at a location on said asset transporter whose visibility to a satellite is obscured by said asset load when said asset transporter is in a particular orientation; a first antenna coupled to said mobile terminal for receiving signals from said satellite, said first antenna being positioned on a first side of said asset transporter; and a second antenna coupled to said mobile terminal for receiving signals from said satellite, said second antenna being positioned on a second side of said asset transporter different from said first side, said positioning of said first antenna on said first side of said asset transporter and said second antenna on said second side of said asset transporter assuring that at least one of said first and second antennas has a relatively unobstructed view of said satellite regardless of an orientation of said asset transporter relative to said satellite.