Patent ID: 8280682
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A01K,A42B,A43B,A61B,A63B,A63F,G01B,G01C,G01G,G01L,G01P,G01S,G06F,G06Q,G07C,G08B,G08G,G16Z,H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W,H05K

Abstract:
1. A device for monitoring movement of shipped goods, comprising: a detector for generating a signal in response to movement of the device during shipping when associated with the goods; a clock; a processor for processing the signal to generate one or more movement events and for time-tagging the movement events with time of occurrence information from the clock; a GPS chip for locating the device, data from the GPS chip providing location information of where each of the movement events occurred; and a first communications port for communicating each movement event, tagged with the time of occurrence information and location information, to a receiver remote from the device.