SECURING, MONITORING AND TRACKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a first gateway, a first beacon signal containing a first location type associated with the first gateway;
transmitting, by a second gateway, a second beacon signal containing a second location type associated with the second gateway;
receiving, at a wireless communication device, the first beacon signal;
receiving, at the wireless communication device, the second beacon signal;
determining, at the wireless communication device, that the second location type contained in the second beacon signal is preferred as compared to the first location type contained in the first beacon signal;
registering, by the wireless communications device based on the determination that the second location type is preferred, with the second gateway;
communicating a registration event message indicating the wireless communications device'"'"'s registration with the second gateway to an application running at a remote computing device, the registration event message including the second location type;
selecting, at a remote computing device based on the second location type included in the received registration event message, a profile maintained in association with the second location type;
communicating, from the remote computing device to the wireless communications device, an instruction to engage the selected profile;
engaging, by the wireless communications device in response to the received communication from the remote computing device, the selected profile.
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Abstract
A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting, by a first gateway, a first beacon signal containing a first location type associated with the first gateway; transmitting, by a second gateway, a second beacon signal containing a second location type associated with the second gateway; receiving, at a wireless communication device, the first beacon signal; receiving, at the wireless communication device, the second beacon signal; determining, at the wireless communication device, that the second location type contained in the second beacon signal is preferred as compared to the first location type contained in the first beacon signal; registering, by the wireless communications device based on the determination that the second location type is preferred, with the second gateway; communicating a registration event message indicating the wireless communications device'"'"'s registration with the second gateway to an application running at a remote computing device, the registration event message including the second location type; selecting, at a remote computing device based on the second location type included in the received registration event message, a profile maintained in association with the second location type; communicating, from the remote computing device to the wireless communications device, an instruction to engage the selected profile; engaging, by the wireless communications device in response to the received communication from the remote computing device, the selected profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a wireless communication device currently registered with a first gateway that is associated with a first location type, a beacon signal containing a second location type originating from a second gateway; determining, at the wireless communication device, that the second location type contained in the second beacon signal is preferred as compared to the first location type; registering, by the wireless communications device based on the determination that the second location type is preferred, with the second gateway; communicating a registration event message indicating the wireless communications device'"'"'s registration with the second gateway to an application running at a remote computing device, the registration event message including the second location type; selecting, at the remote computing device based on the second location type indicator included in the received registration event message, a profile maintained in association with the second location type; communicating, from the remote computing device to the wireless communications device, an instruction to engage the selected profile; engaging, by the wireless communications device in response to the received communication from the remote computing device, the selected profile. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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19. A method comprising:
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connecting, by a wireless communications device, to a first network comprising a first gateway associated with a first location; receiving, at the wireless communications device, an indication of the presence of a second network comprising a second gateway associated with a second location; determining, at the wireless communications device, that the second location is preferred comparatively to the first location; connecting, by the wireless communications device based on the determination that the second location is preferred, to the second network; communicating a message indicating the wireless communications device'"'"'s connection to the second network to an application running at a remote server, the communicated message further including an indication of the second location; comparing, by the application at the remote server, the second location associated with the second network to a stored database; selecting, based on this comparison, a profile corresponding to the second location; communicating, from the application at the remote server, to the wireless communications device, an instruction to engage the selected profile; engaging, by the wireless communications device, the selected profile. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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