Asset management for physical assets

Inventors

Miller, David R. • Kilbourne, Allen • Metelko, Mary

Assignees

Enovate Medical LLC

Abstract

A technology is discussed for a wireless transfer station that is operable to communicate management information. Measurement information can be received from one or more other wireless transfer stations. The measurement information can be aggregated from the one or more other wireless transfer stations. The measurement information can be analyzed to determine a status of the one or more wireless transfer stations using the aggregated energy measurement information.

Core Innovation

A wireless transfer station integrated into a plate mounted on a wall communicates management information and is configured to provide wireless energy to other wireless transfer stations. The station sends an energy measurement information request to a plurality of other wireless transfer stations to request energy measurement information, including a charge level, an estimated battery life, and an operational status.

When the wall-integrated wireless transfer station provides energy to at least one of the plurality of other wireless transfer stations, it receives the energy measurement information from the plurality of other wireless transfer stations. The station aggregates the energy measurement information and analyzes the aggregated energy measurement information to determine a system operational status for all of the plurality of other wireless transfer stations, including all wireless transfer stations are working properly status, all wireless transfer stations for selected uses are functioning status, a system wide error status, a communications network working properly status, or a communications network not working properly status.

The wall-integrated wireless transfer station communicates the aggregated energy measurement information and the determined system operational status to a server. In additional configurations, the operational status includes functioning status, malfunctioning status, partially operational status, non-operational status, out of commission status, needs repair status, non-critical error status, critical error status, send a technician status, or needs replacement status.

The station further determines availability for energy transfer by communicating with the plurality of other wireless transfer stations to determine when at least one of them is available to provide energy to another wireless transfer station, and it enters an energy saving mode when it is not providing energy to at least one of the plurality of other wireless transfer stations or when it is not communicating with at least one of the other wireless transfer stations or the server.

Claims Coverage

The independent claim is clm-00001, supported by dependent claims clm-00002 through clm-00004. The coverage centers on requesting energy measurement information from multiple other wireless transfer stations, aggregating and analyzing that information to determine a system operational status, and communicating the aggregated information and the system operational status to a server. Additional inventive features include enumerated operational status states, energy-transfer availability determination, and an energy saving mode condition.

Overall claim coverage protects a wall-integrated wireless transfer station that manages other wireless transfer stations by requesting charge level, estimated battery life, and operational status, aggregating and analyzing that information to determine system operational status for all of the other stations, and communicating the results to a server. Dependent claims further refine the operational status set, add availability determination for energy provision, and add an energy saving mode condition.

Stated Advantages

Documented Applications

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