Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting a plurality of package types within a node-enabled logistics receptacle
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Application No.: US14492889Application Date: 2014-09-22
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Publication No.: US10102494B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud
- Applicant: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Collierville
- Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Collierville
- Agency: Withers & Keys, LLC
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W4/02 ; G01C21/00 ; H04W52/04 ; H04W64/00 ; G06F19/00 ; G06K7/10 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q20/14 ; G06Q20/22 ; H04W12/08 ; B65D25/02 ; G06K19/07 ; H04H20/61 ; H04H20/71 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W8/18 ; H04B1/3822 ; H04W24/10 ; G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/40 ; G08B21/02 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L12/707 ; H04W8/24 ; H04W52/02 ; G01C21/34 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G16H40/67 ; G16H10/60 ; G16H10/65 ; H04W4/38 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W76/10 ; G01C21/36 ; G16H80/00 ; H04W4/60 ; B65B25/02

Abstract:
Methods, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are described for detecting a plurality of package types in the custody of a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network. The receptacle detects a first type of package by receiving a signal broadcast from a node within a first node-enabled package prior to sensing a deposit of the first package. The receptacle also detects a second type of package (not a node-enabled package) by sensing a deposit of a second package without receiving a signal broadcast from a node within the second package. The node-enabled logistics receptacle then logs the detections of the first type of package and the second type of package. Then, the node-enabled logistics receptacle notifies another network device within the wireless node network about the logged detection of the first type of package and the second type of package.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150154553A1 Detecting a Plurality of Package Types within a Node-Enabled Logistics Receptacle Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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