Patent ID: 8154421

Claim:
A shipping package for transporting a temperature sensitive payload, the shipping package comprising: an outer housing comprising: a body having an interior surface bounding a compartment that is accessed through a top opening; and a first panel coupled with the body and configured to extend over at least a portion of the top opening, a first access port extending through the first panel; an insulated container disposed within a first portion of the compartment of the outer housing, the insulated container comprising: an inner housing having an interior surface bounding a cavity that is accessed through a second opening, the cavity being configured to receive a temperature sensitive payload; and a lid positionable on the inner housing so as to cover the second opening; and a temperature/location tracker disposed within the compartment of the body, the temperature/location tracker comprising: a first temperature probe disposed within the cavity of the insulated container and configured to measure a temperature of a temperature sensitive payload when the temperature sensitive payload is positioned within the cavity; a GPS receiver disposed in a second portion of the compartment; a cellular modem disposed in the second portion of the compartment; and a GPS antenna disposed in the second portion of the compartment so as to be aligned with the first access port when the shipping package is in a fully assembled state such that the GPS antenna is directly accessible through the first access port, wherein the temperature/location tracker is configured to monitor and periodically transmit temperature values corresponding to a temperature sensitive payload and location values corresponding to the shipping package over a cellular communication network.