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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
John W. Peel, Frederick, MD (US);
Tell A. Gates, Falls Church, VA (US);
Thomas R. Topping, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
John W. Peel, Frederick, MD (US);
Tell A. Gates, Falls Church, VA (US);
Thomas R. Topping, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Celestech, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Shipping containers are networked for transferring data between the shipping containers. The shipping containers include sensors for detecting hazardous conditions associated with the shipping containers. The hazardous condition sensed by any shipping container on a ship is transmitted through the network to a satellite transmitter and/or a radio transmitter for reporting to a central database.