CARGO MONITORING

• US 20160358054A1
• Filed: 08/19/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Geoforce Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cartasite Incorporated (Geoforce Incorporated)
• Inventors: Armitage, David L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,842,287 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/284 Electromagnetic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisious for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity

Abstract

Systems, software, and methods are provided for accurate service, transaction, and cargo monitoring. An example system and/or method may include calibrating a wireless sensor, connecting a user device to a wireless sensor, obtaining initial information for a first process at least in part from the wireless sensor, obtaining subsequent information about at least the first process, and using a portion of the initial information about the first process and the subsequent information about the first process to create a dynamic report involving the first process

Claims

9-1. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the dynamic report to a cloud-based application.

10. A non-volatile commuter readable medium, having stored thereon instructions, which if executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

calibrating a wireless sensor;

connecting a user device to a wireless sensor;

obtaining initial information for a first process at least in part from the wireless sensor;

obtaining subsequent information about at least the first process;

using a portion of the initial information about the first process and the subsequent information about the first process to create a dynamic report involving the first process;

obtaining initial information about a second process;

obtaining subsequent information about the second process; and

using a portion of the initial information and the subsequent information about the second process to create a dynamic report involving the second process;

wherein the initial information or the subsequent information about the first or second process comprises global positioning information.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions wherein the initial information or the subsequent information about the first or second process comprises information relating to at least one of a truck, machinery, tank, valve, well, pump, and distribution unit.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions wherein the wireless sensor comprises a tank level sensor.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions wherein the dynamic report comprises a trip ticket or invoice.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions wherein the dynamic report comprises information from a quick response code.

15. A system for monitoring service, comprising:

a wireless sensor configured to communicational couple to a user device and transmit information to the user device;

a user device configured to couple to the wireless sensor and receive information from the wireless sensor;

wherein the user device is further configured to obtain initial information for a first process at least in part from the wireless sensor, obtain subsequent information about at least the first process, use a portion of the initial information and the subsequent information to create a dynamic report involving the first process,

wherein the initial information or the subsequent information comprises global positioning information.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein user device is further configured to transmit the dynamic report to a server.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless sensor comprises a tank level sensor.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein dynamic report comprises a trip ticket or invoice.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the dynamic report comprises information from a quick response code.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the initial information or the subsequent information about the first comprises information relating to at least one of a truck, machinery, tank, valve, well, pump, and distribution unit.