# US 2025/0095414 A1 · Portable electronic wireless lock and lock system for efficiently managing and assuring the safety, quality and security of goods stored within a truck, tractor or trailer transported via a roadway

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- Number: US 2025/0095414 A1
- Document ID: US20250095414A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/900,733
- Filed: 2024-09-28
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-18
- Inventors: DAVID ARENA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250095414A1

## CPC

- G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)}
- G07C 9/00896: {specially adapted for particular uses}
- G07C 2009/00769: {with data transmission performed by wireless means}
- G07C 2009/0092: {for cargo, freight or shipping containers and applications therefore in general}
- G07C 2209/08: With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

## Abstract

A portable electronic wireless lock and lock system for ensuring the safety of goods, including humanly consumable goods. The lock and lock system are controlled by a smartphone, which also acts as a communications hub between the lock and a truckload owner or supervisor. According to the present invention, a truck driver uses a smartphone to interface between a trailer payload supervisor and the payload lock itself, to ensure the safety of the transported goods and comply with regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”). An electronic lock and lock system may, according to the present invention, interface electronically to a smartphone, so that while in motion, the smartphone ensures that the lock remains locked and controls its operation. Alternatively, such an electronic lock may be designed to permit only a limited number of locking cycles initiated by a truck driver until a loading supervisor intercedes in compliance with FSMA.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of transmitting data from a vehicle corresponding with an associated trailer via a smartphone operated by a driver of said vehicle, the method comprising steps of:
inputting into said smartphone load parameters including a geographic loading point, a geographic unloading point, and a load identification parameter;
using said smartphone to collect an image of said trailer storage area after said storage area cleanliness has been verified by said driver;
using said smartphone to collect an image of an exterior of said trailer and a lock associated with said trailer which functions to secure said load contained within said storage area; and
said smartphone communicating to a host transportation database said load parameters indicative of the geographic position and condition of said load over a range of geographic positions and time intervals commencing from its loading event through until its unloading event.