US 12,262,311 B2
Network edge controller and remote field service system
Ralph McCoy, Irving, TX (US); and Tim Garcia, Colleyville, TX (US)
Assigned to Apptricity Corporation, Irving, TX (US)
Filed by Apptricity Corporation, Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,352.
Application 18/430,352 is a continuation of application No. 17/953,729, filed on Sep. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,917,535.
Application 17/953,729 is a continuation of application No. 17/212,989, filed on Mar. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,690,003, issued on Jun. 27, 2023.
Application 17/212,989 is a continuation of application No. 16/490,007, granted, now 10,979,971, issued on Apr. 13, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2018/041142, filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,627, filed on Mar. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,894, filed on Jul. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0179617 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system supporting processing of communications regarding field assets, comprising:
a first computer server on a home network, said first computer server having processors with functionality to process information signals relating to field assets, said first computer server coupled to a home agent and a first gateway server for communication outside the home network;
a second computer server on a foreign network, said second computer server being coupled to a controller unit, said controller unit being coupled to a second gateway server for communication outside the foreign network and said controller unit being coupled to one or more antennas that receive radio transmitted signals from one or more radio tags, said one or more radio tags being associated with said field assets and said controller unit using said radio transmitted signals received by said antennas to produce information signals that are communicated to the first computer server on the home network,
said controller unit having a data collection engine that supports collection of data by and through the controller unit, a data communication engine that supports communication operations by and through the controller unit; a power management engine that manages power consumption of the controller unit, and a geolocation and tracking engine that supports geolocation of the field assets associated with said radio tags.