US 12,335,767 B2
Asset management and IOT device for refrigerated appliances
Dominik Gothe, O'Fallon, MO (US)
Assigned to True Manufacturing Co., Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US)
Filed by True Manufacturing Co., Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,169.
Application 18/362,169 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/029025, filed on Jul. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/393,092, filed on Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040422 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 20/20 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/20 (2020.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 28/0215 (2013.01) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06F 13/12 (2013.01); G08B 21/185 (2013.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 20/20 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/20 (2020.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2654 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An asset management system for a plurality of refrigeration appliances, each refrigeration appliance having a serial number, the asset management system comprising:
a remote asset manager;
an asset management network connected to the asset manager; and
a plurality of IOT devices connected to the refrigeration appliances for receiving operating data from the refrigeration appliances, each of the IOT devices having a modem connecting the IOT device to the asset management network, each modem having a modem device ID, each of the IOT devices configured to transmit the operating data to the asset manager via the asset management network;
wherein the asset manager is configured to receive from the asset management network data objects containing operating data for respective refrigeration appliances, each data object being tagged with the serial number of the respective refrigeration appliance before the data object is received by the asset manager, the asset manager being further configured to store the operating data in a database using the serial number of the refrigeration appliance as a primary key for the database.