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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 8068807 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2007

System for supplying container security

Applicant:

Robert W. Twitchell, Jr., Cumming, GA (US);

Inventor:

Robert W. Twitchell, Jr., Cumming, GA (US);

Assignee:

Terahop Networks, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Tillman Wright, PLLC

Chad D. Tillman

Jeremy C. Doerre

Primary Examiner:

Nick Corsaro

Assistant Examiner:

Munsoon Choo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/00 (2006.01); H03C 1/62 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/70 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G08C 19/00 (2006.01); H04Q 1/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/76 (2006.01); G06G 7/70 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/663 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for monitoring the contents of a closed container includes one or more sensors for monitoring the container contents, a signal receiving element positioned, and a processing system. The signal receiving element receives sensor data from the sensors. The processing system has a memory for storing predetermined conditions and a control element for analyzing received sensor data by comparing the received sensor data to stored predetermined conditions. The control element includes capabilities for declaring a security alert based on the comparison. The communications system includes a first transceiver inside the closed container for receiving signals containing sensor data from within the container and for transmitting those signals outside of the container, and a satellite transceiver, physically linked to the first transceiver and disposed outside the closed container, for receiving signals from the first transceiver and for forwarding the received signals via satellite uplink to a remote location.

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