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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Richard C. Meyers, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Ronald Easley, Arlington, VA (US);
Ron Martin, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Meyers, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Ronald Easley, Arlington, VA (US);
Ron Martin, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
GlobalTrak, LLC, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hierarchical and distributed system architecture for a container monitoring and security system is provided. The architecture may be a hierarchical chain of separate, related processing elements. The partitioning of functions and distribution of processing among these or other similar hierarchical elements in the network is provided. The elements may further be described in successive layers, each have a greater level of network intelligence than the former.