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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
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 ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for communications between a plurality of shipping containers using a short range or local area wireless communication device is provided. The system also contains a cellular communications device, a satellite communications device, or both, which are used to transmit information to, and receive commands from remote central monitoring station. The system includes a method which creates dynamic links between the containers using the short range channel. Containers are organized in networks and sub networks, and have built in redundancy features.