METHOD FOR MONITORING A PACKAGE, SENTINEL INDICATOR SYSTEM AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM
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Abstract
There is provided a method for monitoring a package for storage and/or transport of at least one item. An exemplary method comprises receiving at a transmission unit measured data about properties of the item and/or about influences on the item via at least two sensors. The exemplary method also comprises executing via the transmission unit a decision of a logical node of a logistics system about a selection of data transmitted to a receiving unit. The exemplary method additionally comprises sending information about the desired selection of data from a control unit to the transmission unit. Finally, the exemplary method comprises enabling a user to make a selection relating to types of data to be transmitted.
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39 Claims
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1-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. A method for monitoring a package for storage and/or transport of at least one item, the method comprising:
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receiving at a transmission unit measured data about properties of the item and/or about influences on the item via at least two sensors; executing via the transmission unit a decision of a logical node of a logistics system about a selection of data transmitted to a receiving unit; sending information about the desired selection of data from a control unit to the transmission unit; and enabling a user to make a selection relating to types of data to be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A sentinel indicator system, comprising:
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a transponder including an integrated circuit coupled with an antenna; at least two sentinel sensors adapted to monitor at least one physical property of an item; a memory module containing data representing one or more predefined temperature-dependent shelf-life trends; a module that is adapted to receive time- and temperature-dependent measurement data from the sentinel sensor and determining a current status by applying the measurement data to the trend data from the memory module; a communication interface that is adapted to permit a reading unit to retrieve current status data corresponding to the current status; a logical node for taking a decision about a selection of data which is transmitted from a transmission unit to a receiving unit; a power management module; and wherein the transmission unit is adapted to process alert and sensor status data for a selection desired and made by a user and program instructions for relaying communications between the transmission unit and the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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- 37. A logistics system for transporting a package with at least one item from a starting point to a receiving point, the logistics system comprising a logical node that is adapted to send controlling information to at least two sensors of a sentinel indicating system and to contain at least one reading unit for receiving data from the sentinel sensors.
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