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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Jean-francois Mermet, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
Bernard Pucci, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Inventors:
Jean-Francois Mermet, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
Bernard Pucci, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system of tracking transcontinental shipping containers, which is optimized to conserve the power consumption of tracking devices attached to the containers, is disclosed. The system uses short-range transceiving devices to form a mesh network that includes the tracking devices and a processing device coupled to the shipping vessel, thereby enabling the tracking devices to communicate and update their status without using a long-range or satellite communications adaptors.