Patent ID: 6919803

Claim:
An asset including an arrangement for monitoring the asset and an interior of the asset, comprising: an interior sensor system arranged on the asset, said interior sensor system being arranged to obtain information about contents in the interior of the asset different than the location of the asset and the contents thereof; a location determining system arranged on the asset, said location determining system being arranged to monitor the location of the asset; and a communication system arranged on the asset and coupled to said interior sensor system and said location determining system, said communication system being arranged to transmit the information about the contents in the interior of the asset and the location of the asset to a remote facility, said interior sensor system comprising at least one wave receiver arranged to receive waves from the interior of the asset and a processor arranged to compare waves received by said at least one wave receiver at different times and obtain information about the contents in the interior of the asset based on the comparison of the waves received by said at least one wave receiver at different times.