Wireless Control For Creation Of, And Command Response To, Standard Freight Shipment Messages

• US 20070200687A1
• Filed: 06/24/2004
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Startrak Information Technologies LLC (ORBCOMM Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: StarTrak Systems LLC (ORBCOMM Incorporated)
• Inventors: O'Toole, Arthur
• Granted Patent: US 7,702,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements

Abstract

A freight management arrangement includes a monitor system that communicates over wireless with a large number of freight assets by land and with smaller number of users each associated with a fleet of the freight assets. The monitor system polls sensed ambient data in the freight assets on the basis of requests from the users. The requests may be stored as data in the monitor system or occur on a real-time basis.

Claims

1. A freight management method, comprising

sensing a condition on a freight asset;

transmitting the information concerning the sensed condition over a wireless system to a monitor system in one format;

translating the information concerning the sensed condition into a second format;

transmitting the information concerning the sensed condition from the monitor system in the second format to a user capable of receiving in the second format.