US 12,294,913 B2
Redundant asset tracking
Glenn H. Atkinson, Palgrave (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on May 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/657,094.
Application 18/657,094 is a continuation of application No. 17/684,611, filed on Mar. 2, 2022, granted, now 12,069,542.
Application 17/684,611 is a continuation of application No. 17/491,713, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,128, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292190 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first asset tracking device to track a mobile asset, the first asset tracking device connected to a first communication network;
a second asset tracking device to track the mobile asset, the second asset tracking device being redundant with the first asset tracking device and connected to a second communication network that is distinct from, and redundant with, the first communication network;
a hardware safety relay located at the mobile asset, the hardware safety relay connected to the first and second asset tracking devices to monitor fault statuses of the first and second asset tracking devices, wherein the hardware safety relay is configured to:
generate notifications of the fault statuses of the first and second asset tracking devices, and
communicate information about the fault statuses of the first and second asset tracking devices to an asset monitoring system through whichever of the first and second asset tracking devices and/or first and communication networks are capable as per redundancy; and
the asset monitoring system located at a client system, wherein the asset monitoring system is configured to receive the information about the fault statuses of the first and second asset tracking devices and mirror the generation of the notifications at the hardware safety relay based on the received information.