| US 7,511,611 B2 | ||
| Systems for and methods of asset management in a waste management service environment | ||
| Alan Sabino, Rutland, Vt. (US); Jessica Hewitt, Queensbury, N.Y. (US); and William Petrow, Charlotte, Vt. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Rutland, Vt. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 18, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/435,688. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0268759 A1, Nov. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—500 [340/539.1; 340/539.13; 340/572.1; 340/825.36; 340/825.49] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A system for tracking and monitoring a plurality of waste containers in a waste collection environment, comprising:
an identification mechanism, associated with each waste container of the plurality of waste containers, the identification
mechanism comprising a waste container identifier;
a vehicle comprising:
a reader for reading the identification mechanism associated with the waste container and determining the waste container
identifier,
a global positioning device for determining position data associated with the waste container, the global positioning device
determining the position data when the waste container is at least one of deployed and serviced, and
a first computer receiving, via wireless transmission, and storing the waste container identifier transmitted by the reader,
and further receiving and storing the position data associated with the waste container; and
a second computer receiving from the first computer, via wireless transmission, and storing the waste container identifier
and the position data, and associating the waste container identifier and the position data with a customer.
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