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Container verification through an electrical receptacle and plug associated with a container and a transport vehicle of an intermodal freight transport system

  • US 9,316,737 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2013
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • coupling an electrical power plug of a container and an electrical power receptacle of a transport vehicle;

    activating, through a switch and an actuator coupling of at least one of the electrical power plug and the electrical power receptacle, a tracking device of the container;

    verifying, through an identification tag of the container read by an electronic reader, an identity of the container upon coupling the electrical power plug to the electrical power receptacle; and

    wherein reading the identification tag of the container through the electronic reader further comprises;

    discovering, through the coupling of the electrical power plug to the electrical power receptacle, an identification number of the container, andcommunicating, through a network, the identification number of the container to an administrative server upon discovery.

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