Generating electronic seals
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsThomas Odenwald, Brian Mo, Asuman Suenbuel
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Abstract
A system for generating an e-seal for a container includes a sensor to detect a condition associated with the container and to generate a sensor reading based on the condition, and a processing device to generate the e-seal based on the sensor reading. The sensor reading may include first and second readings from the sensor, where the first reading is recorded at a first time and the second reading is recorded at a second time.
Claims21
A system for generating an electronic seal for a container, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to:
- detect first and second conditions associated with the container, the first and second conditions being different;
- and
- generate first and second sensor readings corresponding to the first and second conditions associated with the container;
- and
- a processing device configured to apply the first and second readings to a formula that generates a unique value, the unique value being indicative of an integrity of the container;
- wherein the electronic seal corresponds to the unique value. generate the electronic seal based on the sensor reading.
A system for generating an electronic seal for a container, the system comprising:
- a sensor to detect a condition associated with the container and to generate a sensor reading based on the condition;
- and
- a processing device to generate the electronic seal based on the sensor reading;
- wherein the sensor reading comprises first and second readings from the sensor, the first reading being recorded at a first time and the second reading recorded at a second time, the second time being after the first time;
- wherein the processing device generates the electronic seal by applying the first and second readings to a formula that generates the electronic seal;
- and
- wherein the formula comprises a sum of an absolute value of a difference between the first and second readings.
A method for generating an electronic seal for a container, the method comprising:
- defining a formula for generating a unique value indicative of an integrity of the container, the electronic seal corresponding to the unique value;
- storing first and second sensor readings associated with first and second conditions of the container, the first and second conditions being different;
- and
- applying the first and second readings to the formula to generate the electronic seal.
A computer program product for generating an electronic seal for a container, the computer program product being tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions that cause a computer to:
- define a formula for generating a unique value indicative of an integrity of the container, the electronic seal corresponding to the unique value;
- store first and second sensor readings associated with a condition first and second conditions of the container, the first and second conditions being different;
- and
- apply the first and second readings to the formula to generate the electronic seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.