Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for intermodal facility management
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Application No.: US17304222Application Date: 2021-06-16
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Publication No.: US11544643B1Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Robert Cleveland Darwin, II , Gregory Edward Kolesar , Joseph C. Lumbert , Mitchel Varela
- Applicant: BNSF Railway Company
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: BNSF Railway Company
- Current Assignee: BNSF Railway Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
- Agent Enrique Sanchez, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
An intermodal facility management system for facilitating delivery, pickup, facility access, and cargo management is presented. The system can receive data from clients within proximity of one or more wireless beacons. The system can capture data from clients that ingress or egress into or out of a facility, respectively, and validate received data with the captured data. The system can enable cargo transfer optimization by forecasting client arrival times to particular destination locations, and the forecasting can account for access point delays, such as can be due to an authentication process. The system can provide a measure of redundancy in ensuring that particular cargo is being sent to proper locations, and the system can further prompt facility personnel to ensure that cargo is accessible and ready for dispatch upon arrival of any given client.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220405656A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERMODAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2022-12-22
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