WIRELESS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF GOODS
First Claim
1. A system for wireless environmental monitoring of goods, the system comprising a portable environmental data logger and a portable computerized device, each comprising:
- a standard short-range radio module; and
an authentication and security module,wherein said standard short-range radio modules of said logger and said computerized device are configured to communicate with one another over a standard wireless communication channel, andwherein said authentication and security modules of said logger and said computerized device are each configured to execute, over the standard wireless communication channel, a non-standard authentication routine for authenticating an identity of said computerized device to said logger, so as to provide said computerized device with data access to said logger based on a security profile assigned to said computerized device.
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Abstract
A system for wireless environmental monitoring of goods, the system comprising a portable environmental data logger and a portable computerized device, each comprising: a standard short-range radio module; and an authentication and security module, wherein said standard short-range radio modules of said logger and said computerized device are configured to communicate with one another over a standard wireless communication channel, and wherein said authentication and security modules of said logger and said computerized device are each configured to execute, over the standard wireless communication channel, a non-standard authentication routine for authenticating an identity of said computerized device to said logger, so as to provide said computerized device with data access to said logger based on a security profile assigned to said computerized device.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for wireless environmental monitoring of goods, the system comprising a portable environmental data logger and a portable computerized device, each comprising:
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a standard short-range radio module; and an authentication and security module, wherein said standard short-range radio modules of said logger and said computerized device are configured to communicate with one another over a standard wireless communication channel, and wherein said authentication and security modules of said logger and said computerized device are each configured to execute, over the standard wireless communication channel, a non-standard authentication routine for authenticating an identity of said computerized device to said logger, so as to provide said computerized device with data access to said logger based on a security profile assigned to said computerized device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for shipment tracking and monitoring, the system comprising:
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a central shipment tracking and monitoring server; a plurality of portable environmental data loggers, each configured to monitor an environmental parameter and to store tracking information pertaining to a shipment; and a plurality of portable computerized devices, each configured to wirelessly access at least one of the loggers so as to receive the environmental parameter, and each comprising a network interface module configured to transmit the environmental parameter to the central shipment tracking and monitoring server.
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15. A method for wireless environmental monitoring of goods, the method comprising:
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continuously sensing and recording, using a portable environmental data logger, at least one environmental parameter; opening a wireless communication channel from a portable computerized device to the logger, using a standard short-range radio protocol; and over the wireless communication channel, using a non-standard authentication routine, authenticating an identity of the computerized device to the logger, to provide the computerized device with data access to the logger based on a security profile assigned to the computerized device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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