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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Applicant:
Richard C. Meyers, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Inventor:
Richard C. Meyers, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Assignee:
System Planning Corporation, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for tracking a plurality of shipping containers which are designated as a specific group or lot is provided. The system may use the receiver range of a short range wireless communications device to track containers among themselves, or alternatively use a global positioning device in conjunction with a long range satellite or cellular communications device to report position back to a central monitoring station which utilizes a centralized method for tracking the container lots. An alarm condition is generated if any given container gets separated from the group or lot.