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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Ravindra U. Rajapakse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roderick E. Thorne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Fraser Jennings, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven J. Farrell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Liping Julia Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravindra U. Rajapakse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roderick E. Thorne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Fraser Jennings, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven J. Farrell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Liping Julia Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Savi Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a carrier, and a system that is responsive to wireless signals transmitted by tags on items carried by the carrier for maintaining a local inventory of items carried by the carrier. A different apparatus involves a carrier having a container with an interior, a sensor for detecting a condition externally of the container that can be related to an environment within the container, and a system that handles information from the sensor in a manner facilitating an evaluation of the likelihood that a problem exists within the container. Another apparatus involves a carrier for a plurality of items, and a system that is responsive to wireless signals received from a remote location for determining a current location of the carrier and for evaluating whether the carrier is proceeding along an intended route.