Patent ID: 8159338
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An asset including an arrangement for monitoring the asset and an interior of the asset into which contents are selectively placed and removed, comprising: a location determining system arranged at least in part on the asset, said location determining system being arranged to determine the location of the asset; and an interior sensor and communication system arranged on the asset, said interior sensor and communication system being arranged to obtain data about and specific to any contents in the interior of the asset such that independent data is obtained for each of a plurality of different contents, said interior sensor and communication system being arranged to transmit the obtained data about the contents in the interior of the asset and the location of the asset, said interior sensor and communication system comprising a transmitter and receiver for communicating with a wireless Internet service provider (ISP) such that the obtained data about the contents in the interior of the asset and the location of the asset is available to a user having access to the Internet, said interior sensor and communication system further comprising a camera arranged to obtain at least one image of the interior of the asset and to transmit the at least one obtained image to the wireless ISP, said camera being positioned to obtain images from an area in the interior of the asset in which any contents would be placed such that the at least one obtained image enables data about the contents to be derived by said interior sensor and communication system.