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US 2012/0268273 A1Published application
Security systems and methods for continuously monitoring the weight of a container
AssigneeMJK Holding, LLC
InventorsDavid H. Jones, Douglas A. Kunnel, Robert J. Megdal, Michael Kenney, Brent Huckey, David Velasquez
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to weight monitoring systems for recovering, processing, monitoring, and managing various commodities or products stored in a container.
Claims6
An asset realization system, comprising:
- a system for processing and loading a material into a secured container;
- a system for detecting weight variances of the processed material placed within the secured container;
- a web interface in communication with the weight monitoring system, the web interface capable of obtaining a current value of the processed material;
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- a computer system in communication with the weight monitoring system and the web interface, the computer system adapted to assign and book a current monetary value to the processed material stored within the secured container.
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A method for realizing assets for a company, the method comprising:
- locking a secured container having a tare weight onto a weight monitoring system, the weight monitoring system including a plurality of load sensors for obtaining and monitoring a weight of the secured container;
- initiating a recovery transaction;
- recovering scrap metal from a site;
- storing the scrap metal recovered from the site within the secured container;
- obtaining a net weight of the scrap metal within the secured container;
- calculating a value of the scrap metal based upon the net weight of the scrap metal and a monetary value of the scrap metal per unit of weight;
- and
- booking the value of the scrap metal as an asset of the company.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.