Tracking of containers
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Abstract
Monitoring device modules (10) in containers on a ship are polled by a tracking proxy (12). Monitoring data is thus captured, and the proxy 12 can ascertain in real time that the correct group of containers is present. The proxy (12) also transmits higher-value report messages with relatively low bandwidth via a satellite communication system (13) to a gateway (15). The gateway (15) routes the messages on to various systems such as tracking centres. Also, the gateway (15) regularly polls and authenticates the distributed tracking proxies (12) within its group.
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58 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A tracking system comprising a tracking proxy, said proxy comprising:
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a local area interface for communicating with at least one container monitoring device in a wireless local area associated with the proxy, a processor for receiving monitoring device data and using it to generate a report message, and a remote communication interface for uploading the report message to a remote host;
wherein the processor inserts geographical location data in the report messages, and wherein the system further comprises a location monitoring device, and the processor determines said location data using inputs from the location monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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