Patent ID: 7454315

Claim:
A system comprising: an environmental sensor physically associated with a product in a container so that the environmental sensor travels with the product in the container as the product is transported within a carrier's logistics network, the environmental sensor sensing an environmental condition capable of affecting the product to generate product environment data; at least one scanner configured to read product environment data from the environmental sensor; a hub control unit configured to communicate with the scanner, for receiving the product environment data from the scanner and determining whether the product environment data transcends a limit of exposure of the product to an environmental condition based on the product environment data received from the environmental sensor, the hub control unit further generating a transporting instruction to redirect transport of the product to an alternate destination different from its original destination if the hub control unit determines that the product environment data indicates the environmental condition of the product has transcended the limit of exposure; a machine controller configured to receive and execute the transporting instruction to transport the product in the container to the alternate destination; and a sorting machinery unit associated with the machine controller, configured to sort the container with the product to the alternate destination under control of the machine controller as it executes the transporting instruction generated by the hub control unit.