Patent ID: 7573395

Claim:
A system for managing a dispensation of a bulk product ( 56 ) from a container ( 26 ) in which said bulk product is stored and from which said bulk product is dispensed by tilting said container away from an inactive orientation ( 58 ), said system comprising: an asset tag ( 48 ) coupled to said container, said asset tag having a first tilt sensor ( 74 ) configured to detect an orientation for said container of greater than a first angle ( 65 ) displaced from said inactive orientation, said asset tag having a second tilt sensor ( 76 ) configured to detect an orientation for said container of greater than a second angle ( 63 ) displaced from said inactive orientation, said second angle being greater than said first angle, said asset tag being configured to generate first data ( 146 ) describing a duration said container spends at said orientation greater than said first angle and second data ( 148 ) describing a duration said container spends at said orientation greater than said second angle, and said asset tag being configured to electronically transmit said first and second data; a computer ( 46 ) remotely located from said asset tag and configured to obtain said first and second data transmitted from said asset tag, said computer being configured to calculate a total amount ( 238 ) of bulk product dispensed in response to said first and second data; and an information-presentation system ( 196 ) in data communication with said computer, said information-presentation system being configured, in cooperation with said computer, to present information describing said total amount dispensed.