| CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method at an asset tracking device, the method comprising:
activating a receiver of an intelligent transportation system transceiver at the asset tracking device;
receiving an intelligent transportation system message using the receiver;
determining that a certificate identifier from the intelligent transportation system message is found within a list of stored certificate identifiers at the asset tracking device;
based on determining that the certificate identifier is found within a list of stored certificate identifiers, determining a geographic position of the asset tracking device from geographic information within the intelligent transportation system message;
reporting the determined geographic position to a remote server; and
purging certificate identifiers from the list of stored certificate identifiers if the certificate identifiers have not been observed by the asset tracking device for a threshold time period.
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