ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,868, issued on Nov. 25.

"Asset tracking and management systems and methods" was invented by Erick Michael Lavoie (Van Buren Charter Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example asset tracking and management method executed by a processor in a vehicle or a trailer of the vehicle can include detecting a detachment of the trailer from the vehicle at a first geographical location. A message may be sent to a server/cloud computer to inform the server/cloud computer of the detachment of the trailer from the vehicle. The message can include location information for identifying the first geographical location. Inventory informat...