Patent ID: 7750801

Claim:
An asset tracking system comprising: means adapted for receiving device data representative of at least one property of each of a plurality of portable asset tracking devices, the at least one property including device identification data; means adapted for identifying at least one client corresponding to received identification data; alert means adapted for generating alert data corresponding to a triggering of a tracking event in connection with at least one portable asset tracking device of the plurality of portable asset tracking devices; means adapted for isolating event data corresponding to at least one tracking event corresponding to operation of the alert means; means adapted for receiving, on at least one mobile tracking system, a signal from the at least one portable asset tracking device; means adapted for communicating first location data of the at least one mobile tracking system in accordance with a position associated therewith relative to the signal received from the at least one portable asset tracking device; location means adapted for generating second location data corresponding to a location of the at least one portable asset tracking device in accordance with the mobile tracking system first location data and at least two tracking systems, the at least two tracking systems including a cellular communication system; means adapted for receiving intercept data generated in accordance with the first location data of the at least one mobile tracking system and the second location data corresponding to the location of the at least one portable asset tracking device, the intercept data being representative of an optimal route to the at least one portable asset tracking device by the at least one mobile tracking system; means adapted for communicating the intercept data to the at least one mobile tracking device; means adapted for receiving device service data corresponding to an operational history of the at least one portable asset tracking device via the cellular communication system; means adapted for receiving temporal data representative of at least one temporal property of the tracking event; and means adapted for generating display data in accordance with device data, event data, location data, device service data, and temporal data after generation of the alert data by the alert means.