Product integrity tracking system, shipping label, and associated method

Product integrity tracking system, comprising:

• a stick-on label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or packaging containing the product;
• a movement monitoring device configured with the label body and having one or more detectors for sensing at least one movement event during handling of the product;
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• a microprocessor configured with the label body and in communication with the movement monitoring device, the microprocessor (a) comparing the movement event with a movement threshold, and (b) storing an above-threshold movement events as a movement violation, in a memory.

Product integrity tracking shipping label, comprising:

• a stick-on label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or packaging containing the product;
• a detector configured with the label body and including a pressure sensor for generating a signal in response to movement of the label body;
• a real time clock;
• a processor for processing the signal to generate one or more movement events and for time-tagging the movement events with time information from the clock;
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• a first communications port for communicating the movement events, tagged with the time information, to a receiver remote from the device.

Product integrity tracking system, comprising:

• a label body for attaching to a product or to packaging containing the product;
• a detector configured with the label body and including a magnetorestrictive element for generating a signal in response to movement of the device;
• a real-time clock;
• a processor in communication with the clock and the detector, for processing the signal to generate one or more movement events and for time-tagging the movement events with time information from the clock, wherein the processor processes the signal from the magnetorestrictive element to determine one or more of spin, spin rate, and inversions of the device;
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• a first communications port for communicating events, tagged with the time information, to a receiver remote from the device.