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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Fedex Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US);
Mark D. Hamm, Germantown, TN (US);
James B. Greer, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel A. Ost, Germantown, TN (US);
Miley E. Ainsworth, Hernando, MS (US);
William S. Murphy, Germantown, TN (US);
Zachary S. Perry, Chicago, IL (US);
Ole Petter Skaaksrud, Germantown, TN (US);
Kenneth L. Milman, Memphis, TN (US);
Michael R. West, Memphis, TN (US);
James Randy Jacobs, Collierville, TN (US);
Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for tracking one or more items. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for tracking one or more items. The method may include periodically detecting, by a sensor device, sensor information of the one or more items, and periodically transmitting, by the sensor device, the sensor information. The method may also include determining if the one or more parties is authorized to receive the sensor information. The method may also include transmitting the sensor information to the one or more authorized parties. The method may further include determining if the one or more parties is authorized to receive the sensor information and the periodically transmitting the sensor information to the one or more authorized parties based on a set of one or more permissions that grants or restricts access of the one or more parties to the sensor information based on the set of one or more permissions.