Access system and method
OwnerEdward McQuillan, Paul Robert Emmerich De Mello +3inventors
InventorsEdward McQuillan, Paul Robert Emmerich De Mello, Albert Mary Henry Stoffels, Adam A. Alfar, Michael Ciarleglio
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating the self check-in and/or the self check-out of an operator of a shipping vehicle at a shipping terminal. A gate kiosk located at a gate of a shipping terminal is provided which operably interfaces with a terminal management controller that manages transactions taking place within a shipping terminal. An operator may enter information and make various selections via user interface of the gate kiosk to check in and/or check out of the shipping terminal with a shipping container or trailer, without leaving the shipping vehicle.
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A system comprising:
- a terminal management controller operable to manage transactions taking place within a shipping terminal;
- and
- a gate kiosk, having a user interface, in operable communication with the terminal management controller and operable to facilitate at least one of self check-in or self check-out of an operator of a shipping vehicle at least one of arriving at or leaving the shipping terminal to deliver or depart with one or more shipping units.
A method comprising:
- receiving first information at least one of selected at or entered into a gate kiosk at a gate of a shipping terminal, by an operator of a shipping vehicle transporting one or more shipping units, as part of at least one of a self check-in process or a self check-out process;
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- processing the received first information to validate at least one of a delivery or a pick-up of the one or more shipping units by the operator of the shipping vehicle.
A system comprising:
- means for a driver of a shipping vehicle, transporting one or more shipping units, to at least one of select or enter first information at one or more of an entrance gate or an exit gate of a shipping terminal without leaving a driver seat of the shipping vehicle;
- means for receiving the at least one of the selected or entered first information;
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- means for processing the received first information to determine if a gate of the shipping terminal blocking the shipping vehicle should or should not be opened to allow the driver to at least one of enter or leave the shipping terminal while driving the shipping vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.