Patent ID: 9349270
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06Q,G08C

Claim Text:
1. A portable electronic device for accompanying an asset that is in the process of being delivered to a given destination comprising: wireless signal detection circuitry operable to wirelessly identify a nearby wirelessly identifiable structure; transmission circuitry operable to inform a remotely located data storage device that said electronic device is presently in proximity to a structure that is at least one of (a) a nearby wirelessly identifiable transportation device most recently identified, (b) a nearby wirelessly identifiable transportation device in closest proximity and (c) a nearby wirelessly identifiable temporary storage location; sensing circuitry operable to detect conditions consistent with at least one operational state of a nearby wirelessly identifiable structure subsequent to said structure being identified as a transportation device; and deactivation circuitry operable to transmit signals to deactivate at least one RF identifiable transmitter of said transportation device during said at least one operational state of said transportation device.