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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Abtar Singh, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Thomas J. Mathews, Fayette, ME (US);
Neal Starling, Canton, GA (US);
Paul Wickberg, Marietta, GA (US);
Abtar Singh, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Thomas J. Mathews, Fayette, ME (US);
Neal Starling, Canton, GA (US);
Paul Wickberg, Marietta, GA (US);
Emerson Retail Services Inc., Kennesaw, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method according to the invention includes a communication network and a food product manager in communication with a monitored location through the communication network, wherein the manager receives product-temperature condition information from the monitored location and determines a food characteristic for a refrigerated product as a function of a frequency and severity of the product-temperature condition information. The function may be a time-temperature calculation, a degree-minute calculation, or a bacteria-count calculation.