Patent ID: 8274387
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a delivery and stealth tracking system that provides varying security levels for shipping items in the delivery and stealth tracking system, the method comprising: receiving a first number of shipping items for transport through a delivery and stealth tracking system at a first security level of the delivery and stealth tracking system; receiving a second number of shipping items for transport through the delivery and stealth tracking system at a second security level that is higher than the first security level, wherein each respective shipping item of the second number of shipping items has a first and a second wireless communications data provider device physically coupled; wirelessly gathering information indicative of a respective inherent property of a respective wireless communications data provider device physically coupled to a respective shipping item for each respective shipping item of the second plurality of shipping items, which are commingled with the first plurality of shipping items, and for the respective first and the second wireless communications data provider devices physically coupled thereto, and calculating a respective current joint item-device configuration value based at least on the respective information gathered from both the respective first and the second wireless communications data provider devices physically coupled to a respective shipping item for each shipping item of the second number of shipping items; comparing the respective current joint item-device configuration value with a respective reference joint item-device configuration for each shipping item of the second number of shipping items, wherein the respective reference joint item-device configuration value was previously calculated based at least on respective information indicative of the respective inherent property of the respective first and the respective second wireless communications data provider device physically coupled to the respective shipping item.