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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Berger, Joseph E. Denny, David S. Robins, LaMonte Peter Koop, Edward Allen Payne, Robert W. Twitchell
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A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device.
A gateway device that forms a node of a wireless communication network, the gateway device comprising:
A method for maintaining information regarding communication links between a plurality of nodes in a wireless network, the method implemented by a first node, the first node including an audio codec, a microphone, and analog circuitry for audio playback via a speaker, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.