Shipping package tracking or monitoring system and method
AssigneePackage, Inc.
InventorsBryan Jonathan Davis, Ronald Eugene Fisher, James Mark Oakley, David Fraser, Andrew David Cater, Mark Joseph Meyer, Bradley Brian Bushard
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Abstract
A shipping package (1) comprises an enclosure for receiving content within, a closure (14) for sealing the enclosure, a label comprising shipping information, a network module (380), a sensor module (382), and a battery module (384). The battery module provides power to the network module and the sensor module. The sensor module (382) providing location information to the network module, the network module transmits a shipping status message to an external device.
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A shipping package comprising:
- an enclosure for receiving content within;
- a closure for sealing the enclosure;
- a label comprising shipping information;
- a network module configured or configurable for transmitting a shipping status message to an external device;
- a sensor module configured or configurable for providing location information to the network module;
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- a battery module configured or configurable for providing power to the network module and the sensor module.
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A method of tracking a shipping package, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a shipping package comprising an enclosure for receiving content within, a closure for sealing the enclosure, a label comprising shipping information, a network module, a sensor module, a memory module, and a battery module, the battery module providing power to the network module, the memory module, and the sensor module;
- receiving level of service parameters in the memory module;
- detecting by the sensor module conformance to the level of service parameters;
- monitoring, while the shipping package is travelling between a source and a destination, sensor data obtained from the sensor module;
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- transmitting a shipping status message, through the network module, to an external device, the shipping status message being in part based on the sensor data.
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A shipping package system comprising:
- an enclosure for receiving content within;
- a closure for sealing the enclosure;
- a label comprising shipping information;
- a network module configured or configurable for transmitting or receiving data to or from an external device or a network module of one or more additional shipping package systems;
- a sensor module configured or configurable for providing sensor information to the network module;
- a battery module configured or configurable for providing power to the network module and the sensor module;
- a memory module coupled to the network module, the battery module, and the sensor module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.