US 11,757,676 B2
Systems and methods for asset type fingerprinting and data message decoding
Kenneth James Hendrik Geertsema, Kitchener (CA); Paul Philip Ciolek, Oakville (CA); Michael Giannikouris, Kitchener (CA); Alexander K. Koch, Guelph (CA); and Ryan Andrew MacDonald, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,162.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,740, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311639 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/40071 (2013.01) [H04L 12/40013 (2013.01); H04L 12/40104 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method by an asset tracking system, comprising:
receiving a first plurality of data messages from an asset coupled to the asset tracking system;
attempting to identify an asset type fingerprint based on the first plurality of data messages;
in response to failing to identify an asset type fingerprint based on the first plurality of data messages:
requesting a determined asset type fingerprint for the asset from an asset data analysis system;
providing access to the first plurality of data messages to the asset data analysis system;
receiving the determined asset type fingerprint for the asset from the asset data analysis system; and
obtaining asset information from the asset by decoding a second plurality of data messages received from the asset in accordance with a set of signal definitions linked to the determined asset type fingerprint.