Patent ID: 9064225
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking an item along a route, comprising: providing a wireless transmitter device to the item, the wireless transmitter device having a two-way RF communication module, and the wireless transmitter device being in a listening mode; placing at least one router along the route, the router having a two-way RF communication module, and operably connecting the router to computer equipment having operational software thereon; the router broadcasting a beacon having a secure encrypted signature packet; the wireless transmitter device recognizing the beacon and decoding the beacon, and only if the beacon is correctly decoded, activating the wireless transmitter device; the activated wireless transmitter device receiving a data package from the router and broadcasting a secure unique ID and its location to the router; and the router transmitting information to the computer equipment that the wireless transmitter device was tracked.