Package management system for tracking shipment and product integrity
DCFirst Claim
1. A package management system, comprising:
- shipping label having a sensor integrated therewith, the label being attachable to packaging, the sensor monitoring events experienced by the shipping label and having a communications port for communicating event data to external devices;
and a receiver linked to a transportation channel traveled by the packaging, for communicating with the communications port of the sensor to determine whether the label is within the correct transportation channel.
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Abstract
A product integrity tracking shipping label includes a label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or to packaging containing the product. One or more movement monitoring configured with the label body detects a movement metric of the product. A microprocessor configured with the label body and in communication with the one or more movement monitoring devices time-tags the movement metric when the movement metric exceeds a pre-selected threshold. A product integrity tracking system includes a movement monitoring device with one or more sensors for attachment to a product or packaging containing the product. The movement monitoring device senses at least one movement event during handling of the product. A processor compares the movement event with a pre-selected event threshold, and time-tags and stores above-threshold movement events in a memory. Information in the memory is readable via an interrogation device during shipment or at product delivery.
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16 Claims
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1. A package management system, comprising:
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shipping label having a sensor integrated therewith, the label being attachable to packaging, the sensor monitoring events experienced by the shipping label and having a communications port for communicating event data to external devices; and a receiver linked to a transportation channel traveled by the packaging, for communicating with the communications port of the sensor to determine whether the label is within the correct transportation channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for tracking shipment integrity, comprising:
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generating movement metrics from a sensor attached to the package, or to goods within the package, during shipment of the package; determining events as movement events of the sensor that pass a threshold; and relaying events to external devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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