Locking system for shipping container including bolt seal and electronic device with arms for receiving bolt seal

A method for securing a shipping container, comprising:

• providing an electronic locking device, comprising
• a housing including an electronics compartment,
• a pair of arms, extending from the housing,
• a sensing circuit, and
• electronics housed in the electronics compartment and coupled to the sensing circuit;
• configuring the electronic locking device from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration by pivoting at least one of the arms away from the other arm;
• as a function of the at least one arm being pivoted away from the other arm, placing the sensing circuit in an “open” state;
• recognizing, by the electronics, the “open” state of the sensing circuit;
• generating, by the electronics, an output indicating the “open” state of the sensing circuit;
• positioning the electronic locking device in proximity to a hasp on a shipping container;
• coupling the arms to the hasp on the shipping container by pivoting at least one of the arms towards the other arm from the unlocked configuration into the locked configuration;
• as a function of the at least one arm being pivoted toward the other arm, placing the sensing circuit in a “closed” state;
• recognizing, by the electronics, the “closed” state of the sensing circuit;
• and
• generating, by the electronics, an output indicating the “closed” state of the sensing circuit.

A method for securing a shipping container, comprising:

• transitioning an electronic locking device, the electronic locking device comprising a housing, a pair of arms extending from the housing, a sensing circuit, and one or more electronic components disposed within the housing coupled to the sensing circuit, from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration by pivoting one of the arms away from the other arm, such pivoting effecting transition of the sensing circuit to an “open” state;
• generating, by the one or more electronic components, output indicating the “open” state of the sensing circuit;
• positioning the electronic locking device in proximity to a hasp on a shipping container;
• transitioning the electronic locking device from the unlocked configuration to a locked configuration with the arms coupled to the hasp on the shipping container by pivoting at least one of the arms towards the other arm, such pivoting effecting transition of the sensing circuit to a “closed” state;
• generating, by the one or more electronic components, output indicating the “closed” state of the sensing circuit.

A method comprising:

• determining, at one or more electronic components disposed within a housing of an electronic locking device, the electronic locking device comprising a pair of arms extending from the housing and a sensing circuit coupled to the one or more electronic components, that the sensing circuit has been transitioned from a “closed” state to an “open state”;
• communicating, from the one or more electronic components of the electronic locking device to another wireless communications device, an indication of such transition together with a time associated with such transition;
• wherein the electronic locking device is configured to be secured to a hasp of a shipping container by positioning the arms proximate the hasp and transitioning the electronic locking device to a locked configuration with the arms coupling the electronic locking device to the hasp;
• wherein the electronic locking device is configured such that transitioning the electronic locking device from the locked configuration to an unlocked configuration effects transitioning of the sensing circuit from the “closed” state to the “open” state.