Shipping container and method of using same
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Abstract
A shipping container for detecting conditions of the container from a remote location, or sensing the condition of other shipping containers within the vicinity of the shipping container, is disclosed. The shipping container may include an onboard microserver communicating with a plurality of sensors within the container. The microserver may serve as an Internet node enabling sensed conditions within the container to be communicated to remote computing devices by way of the Internet. The shipping container also may include anti-tampering equipment such as a conductive grid such that any tampering with the container will necessarily effect an electrical parameter of the grid with the change in the electrical parameter then being detected and causing an alarm or other corrective measure to be taken.
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100 Claims
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57. A shipping container, comprising:
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an enclosure for receiving at least one product;
a sensor on the enclosure capable of detecting a condition;
a server on the enclosure communicating with the sensor, the server hosting a web page; and
means for enabling communications between the server web page and a remote location by way of the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A method of monitoring a shipping container, comprising the steps of:
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providing a shipping container, said shipping container including an enclosure for receiving at least one product, a sensor on the enclosure, a server on the enclosure hosting a web page and communicating with the sensor, and means for enabling communications between the server and a remote location by way of the Internet;
detecting a condition with the sensor during transit between an origin and a destination;
communicating between the server and the remote location in response to the condition, either during the transit or at the destination; and
determining whether the condition is an unacceptable condition. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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