Patent ID: 8224576

Claim:
An electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, comprising: a logic circuit coupled to: one or more environmental sensors, memory that provides data storage, and a wireless communicator, wherein the logic circuit is configured to: perform time measurement; perform environmental measurement with the one or more environmental sensors; store time-stamped environmental data in the memory; communicate with particular other electronic assemblies equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition via the wireless communicator; transmit an assembly identifier for the electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, via the wireless communicator; and automatically acquire assembly identifiers of the particular other electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition; and a power source that provides power to at least one of the logic circuit and the wireless communicator; and a port for physical contact and electrical communication with a remote reader device, wherein the port is coupled to power source to provide power from the remote reader device to the power source.