SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIP MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of providing information about a package in transit, the method comprising:
- receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit;
identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data; and
selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of providing information about a package in transit. The method involves receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit and identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data. The method also involves selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package.
-
Citations
39 Claims
-
1. A method of providing information about a package in transit, the method comprising:
-
receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit; identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data; and selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A computer-readable medium storing program instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method of providing information about a package in transit, the method comprising:
-
receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit; identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data; and selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
-
-
27. A host device for tracking information associated with a journey of a package from an origin, the host device comprising:
-
an I/O unit configured to receive environmental data from a package sensor; a memory device configured to store the received environmental data; and a CPU configured to; identify contextual data about the package that s associated with the environmental data; and selectively provide access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
-
Specification