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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2005
Nikola Cargonja, San Carlos, CA (US);
Timothy R. Redler, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard D. Lockyer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kent G. Merritt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nikola Cargonja, San Carlos, CA (US);
Timothy R. Redler, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard D. Lockyer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kent G. Merritt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Savi Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A support includes a base having an outwardly extending projection with a passageway therethrough, and having a tag receiving portion configured to removably support a tag on the base adjacent one end of the passageway. A different arrangement involves a tag that includes a housing having an opening therethrough and having an annular surface around the opening, an annular gasket engaging the annular surface, and circuitry within the housing having a sensor located in the region of the opening and having a transmitter that can transmit wireless signals. A method includes defining a passageway that provides fluid communication between an interior and exterior of a container, supporting a tag on the exterior of the container, and causing the tag to sense, at a location in the region of an end of the passageway, a condition within the container.