Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Transportation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Le, Thien M (Department: 2887)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Transportation
C235S492000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922085
ABSTRACT:
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for monitoring the transfer of cargo, such as a shipping container, to and from a transporter, such as a truck. Identification codes are provided on the cargo and the transporter to aid in the identification of the cargo and the transporter. One or more identification code receiving devices, such as a camera, may be associated with a cargo moving apparatus, such as a crane, and configured to automatically capture the transporter identification code and the cargo identification code as the cargo is being transferred to or from the transporter. The transporter identification code and the cargo identification code can be associated with each other along with other information about the transfer in order to monitor the transfer. In this regard, identification information may be communicated to a shipping terminal's operating system to provide real-time information about one or more transfers occurring within a shipping terminal.
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Alvarez John Charles
Scheppmann, II Leroy E.
Thomas Patrick
Alston & Bird LLP
APS Technology Group, Inc.
Le Thien M
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