Patent ID: 7046148
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A distribution management system comprising: a great number of electronic tags that are directly attached to commodities to be transported, one by one; and a great number of gate terminals located on distribution channels of said commodities, wherein each of said electronic tags includes, a recording portion that stores information, a transmitting portion that transmits information to said gate terminals; a commodity temperature detecting portion that detects temperature of the commodity to which the electronic tag is attached; a record controlling portion that records information created based on the commodity temperature detected by said commodity temperature detecting portion into said recording portion at the predetermined time intervals, and a transmission controlling portion that makes said transmitting portion transmit the information stored in said recording portion to said gate terminals, wherein each of said gate terminals includes, a receiving portion that receives the information from said electronic tags, a determining portion that determines whether a warning should be output or not based on the received information from said electronic tags, and a warning portion that outputs the warning when said determining portion determines that the warning should be output.