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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Thomas R. Berger, Cumming, GA (US);
Joseph E. Denny, Atlanta, GA (US);
David S. Robins, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Lamonte Peter Koop, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Edward Allen Payne, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert W. Twitchell, Jr., Cumming, GA (US);
Thomas R. Berger, Cumming, GA (US);
Joseph E. Denny, Atlanta, GA (US);
David S. Robins, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
LaMonte Peter Koop, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Edward Allen Payne, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert W. Twitchell, Jr., Cumming, GA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device.