ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,813, issued on June 17.
"Method for remote interaction of assets with cellular device and system thereof" was invented by Hendrik J Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining that an asset with an associated tracking device is lost, and, in response, remotely activating a cellular communication system of the tracking device. A network carrier access plan that provides cellular network service provided by a network carrier to the cellular communication system is also activated. Location data for the asset is received from the tracking device, the lo...