Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – With particular coupling link
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Swarthout, Brent (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
With particular coupling link
C340S426190, C340S426220, C340S539260, C340S572100, C340S988000, C705S022000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07978065
ABSTRACT:
A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
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Cave William R.
Keistler, Jr. Roland D.
Schnitz Benjamin A.
Haeberlin Jeffrey A.
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Swarthout Brent
TrackPoint Systems, LLC
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