US 12,271,206 B1
Gateway system with multiple modes of operation in a fleet management system
Kevin Russell Coates Lloyd, San Carlos, CA (US); James Michael Rowson, Mamaroneck, NY (US); Maxwell Anton Dergosits, San Francisco, CA (US); Elias Ray Dykaar, San Francisco, CA (US); and Erin Maria Bailie, Seattle, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,560.
Application 18/318,560 is a continuation of application No. 16/848,206, filed on Apr. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,709,500.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/38 (2018.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC G05D 1/0285 (2013.01) [G01R 19/165 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
responsive to determining, based on input data, that a gateway system is receiving power from a power source of a mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use, transitioning the gateway system from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the first mode is a hibernate mode of operation in which a location sensor of the gateway system and a cellular communication interface of the gateway system are turned off, wherein the transitioning from the first mode to the second mode comprises turning on a functionality of the gateway system that is turned off when the gateway system is operating in the first mode, wherein the second mode is an intermediate mode of operation in which the location sensor of the gateway system is operational and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system is turned off, wherein the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is not in-use because the mobile asset is in an accessories mode in which the power source of the mobile asset supplies power to the gateway system and to some but not all components of the mobile asset and an alternator of the mobile asset is not running; and
responsive to determining, based on further input data, that the gateway system is receiving power from the power source of the mobile asset and the mobile asset is in-use, transitioning the gateway system from the second mode to a third mode, wherein the third mode is a full mode of operation in which all components of the gateway system, including the location sensor of the gateway system and the cellular communication interface of the gateway system, are operational and in which the gateway system transmits location readings obtained by the location sensor of the gateway system to a management server through the cellular communication interface of the gateway system.