Patent ID: 11924278
Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A  B  G | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for securely monitoring a shipping container for an environmental anomaly using elements of a wireless node network having at least a plurality of sensor-based ID nodes disposed within the shipping container and a command node associated with the shipping container, wherein the command node being operative to securely communicate with each of the sensor-based ID nodes, the method comprising:
identifying, by the command node, which of the sensor-based ID nodes is one of a plurality of trusted sensors disposed within the shipping container based upon a security credential specific to a respective one of the sensor-based ID nodes, the identified ones of the sensor-based ID nodes being confirmed sensor-based ID nodes, wherein at least one of the confirmed sensor-based ID nodes includes a chemical sensor;
monitoring, by the command node, only the confirmed ones of the sensor-based ID nodes for sensor data broadcast from each of the confirmed sensor-based ID nodes;
detecting, by the command node, the environmental anomaly for the shipping container based upon the sensor data monitored from at least one of the confirmed sensor-based ID nodes; and
in response to detecting the environmental anomaly, initiating, by the command node, a mediation response related to the detected environmental anomaly.