Patent ID: 9361780
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G08B,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A container cap that records and transmits data comprising: a container cap; wherein said container cap comprises: one or more sensors; a center post; a sealing disk; one or more microcontrollers; one or more transmitters; one or more power sources; and a housing portion; wherein said one or more sensors, said one or more microcontrollers, said one or more transmitters, and said one or more power sources are positioned within said container cap; wherein said center post is attached to an upper surface of said sealing disk and extends substantially perpendicularly away from said upper surface; wherein said one or more sensors comprise an activation switch; wherein said center post is configured to engage with said activation switch, such that when said container cap is placed on a container said one or more sensors are configured to automatically detect when said container cap is placed on said container; wherein said center post is configured to disengage from said activation switch, such that when said container cap is removed from said container said one or more sensors are configured to automatically detect when said container cap is removed from said container; wherein said one or more microcontrollers record when said container cap is opened by removing said container cap from said container and wherein said one or more microcontrollers record when said container cap is closed by placing said container cap on said container, such that a plurality of opening and closing interval data is created and stored in at least one memory; wherein said one or more transmitters transmits said plurality of opening and closing data to one or more external electronic data processing units; wherein said container cap further comprises a timer and a timer display; wherein said timer is activated when said container cap is closed and wherein said timer is reset when said container cap is opened; wherein said timer display displays an information regarding when said container cap was last closed; wherein a plurality of interval time duration data between a closing event and a next subsequent opening event and between an opening event and a next subsequent closing event, is computed by said one or more microcontrollers each time said container cap is opened and each time said container cap is closed and wherein said plurality of interval time duration data is stored in said at least one memory; wherein said container cap is further comprised of one or more alert devices; wherein said one or more alert devices create one or more alerts; wherein said one or more alerts are selected from the group of alerts consisting of: an auditory, a tactile, and a visual alert device; and wherein said one or more external electronic data processing units are configured to locate said container cap based on a signal strength of said one or more transmitters of said container cap.