WIRELESS CONTROL FOR CREATION OF, AND COMMAND RESPONSE TO, STANDARD FREIGHT SHIPMENT MESSAGES
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1. A freight management method, comprisingsensing a condition on a freight asset;
- transmitting the information concerning the sensed condition over a wireless system to a monitor system in one format;
in the monitor system translating the information concerning the sensed condition from the one format 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;
the step of sensing the condition on the freight asset includes monitoring the sensed condition automatically and in real time;
the step of transmitting the information concerning the sensed condition to the monitor system includes automatically responding to the condition in real time;
the step of translating the information concerning the sensed condition from the first format to the second format including converting open system messages into existing industry standard freight messages;
the step of loading pre-determined conditions and trigger events with a translator in the monitor system onto a sensor on a freight asset, said conditions corresponding to the standard conditions transmitted to the translator and contained within standard freight messages including designated locations, and set point temperature.
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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.
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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; in the monitor system translating the information concerning the sensed condition from the one format 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; the step of sensing the condition on the freight asset includes monitoring the sensed condition automatically and in real time; the step of transmitting the information concerning the sensed condition to the monitor system includes automatically responding to the condition in real time; the step of translating the information concerning the sensed condition from the first format to the second format including converting open system messages into existing industry standard freight messages; the step of loading pre-determined conditions and trigger events with a translator in the monitor system onto a sensor on a freight asset, said conditions corresponding to the standard conditions transmitted to the translator and contained within standard freight messages including designated locations, and set point temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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