Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for proactively reporting a content status of a node-enabled logistics receptacle
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Application No.: US14492851Application Date: 2014-09-22
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Publication No.: US10229382B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- 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 proactively reporting a content status of a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network. Generally, the node-enabled logistics receptacle may update the content status stored in memory onboard the node-enabled logistics receptacle based upon whether the node-enabled logistics receptacle has received a package and is temporarily maintaining custody of the package. The receptacle may then broadcast status information related to the updated content status for the node-enabled logistics receptacle. In more detail, a node assembled within the node-enabled logistics receptacle may detect a signal broadcast from a master node in the wireless node network, access the content status stored in memory onboard the receptacle, and broadcast status information to the master node related to the content status for the node-enabled receptacle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150154552A1 Methods and Apparatus for Proactively Reporting a Content Status of a Node-Enabled Logistics Receptacle Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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