Patent ID: 7916022
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. An agricultural portal system for use along a transportation route, comprising: a plurality of agricultural containers, a responding device connected to one or more of the agricultural containers, said agricultural containers being transported on the transportation route proximate to the agricultural portal system; at least one movable support positioned along a transportation route and spatially separated from the agricultural containers; at least one identification system connected to said movable support, said at least one identification system directed toward the transportation route, said at least one identification system receiving a signal from the responding device thereby obtaining information about said agricultural containers when a container with the responding device approaches toward or passes by the identification system on the transportation route, the information comprising load identification of each of the agricultural containers and load attributes indicative of the agricultural containers being empty or full; and a communications system to communicate said information.