# US 10,482,419 B2 · Sensor device having configuration changes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,419 B2 - Document ID: US10482419B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/039,904 - Filed: 2018-07-19 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-17 - Assignees: Tive, Inc. - Applicants: Tive, Inc. - Inventors: Krenar Komoni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482419B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing - H04Q 2209/40: using a wireless architecture - H04Q 2209/823: where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods and apparatus for configuring a sensor device in accordance with a first configuration defining data collection for a plurality of sensors and defining when the collected data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network. The sensor device can coupled to a shipping container for collecting environmental data as the shipping container is en route to a destination. The sensor device can receive a transition signal from the remote network instructing the sensor device to transition to a second configuration with different transmission parameters. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: configuring a sensor device in accordance with a first configuration defining environmental data collection for a plurality of sensors and defining when the collected environmental data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network, wherein the sensor device is coupled to an asset or good being shipped for collecting the environmental data as the asset or good is en route to a destination, wherein the environmental data includes at least temperature data; and receiving a transition signal by the sensor device from the remote network instructing the sensor device to transition to a second configuration, wherein the second configuration defines transmission of the collected environmental data less frequently than the first configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transition signal corresponds to an employee strike. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transition signal corresponds to a deviation from a selected route for the shipping container to the destination. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transition signal corresponds to an anomaly in the collected environmental data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration corresponds to a first waypoint and the second configuration corresponds to a second waypoint, wherein the first and second waypoints are located on a selected route. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transition signal corresponds to a weather condition. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further including receiving the transition signal when the asset or good will remain in a given location for some period of time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the given location comprises a warehouse. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the period of time includes at least one day of the weekend. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, furthering including transitioning to a third configuration defining environmental data collection for the plurality of sensors and defining when the collected environmental data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network when the environmental data comprises a temperature deviation above a first threshold, wherein the third configuration defines collection of the environmental data more frequently than the second configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, furthering including transitioning to a third configuration defining environmental data collection for the plurality of sensors and defining when the collected environmental data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network when the asset or good arrives or departs a predetermined location, wherein the third configuration defines collection of the environmental data more frequently than the second configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transition signal corresponds to an anomaly in the collected data, wherein the anomaly comprises a shock event to the sensor device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the shock event comprises multiple shocks within a given period of time. ### Claim 14 A sensor device, comprising: a plurality of sensors to collect environmental data; a processor and memory configured to provide: a first configuration defining collection of the environmental data collection for the plurality of sensors and defining when the collected environmental data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network, wherein the sensor device is configured to be coupled to an asset or good being shipped for collecting the environmental data as the asset or good is en route to a destination, wherein the environmental data includes at least temperature data; and wherein the sensor device is configured to receive a transition signal from a remote network instructing the sensor device to transition to a second configuration, wherein the second configuration defines transmission of the collected environmental data less frequently the first configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, wherein the transition signal corresponds to an employee strike. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, wherein the transition signal corresponds to a deviation from a selected route for the shipping container to the destination. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, wherein the transition signal corresponds to an anomaly in the collected environmental data, wherein the anomaly comprises a shock event to the sensor device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, wherein the first configuration corresponds to a first waypoint and the second configuration corresponds to a second waypoint, wherein the first and second waypoints are located on a selected route. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, wherein the transition signal corresponds to a weather condition. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, further including receiving the transition signal when the asset or good will remain in a given location for some period of time. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The sensor device according to claim 14, furthering including transitioning to a third configuration defining environmental data collection for the plurality of sensors and defining when the collected environmental data for the sensors is transmitted to a remote network when the environmental data comprises a temperature deviation above a first threshold, wherein the third configuration defines collection of the environmental data more frequently than the second configuration.