Patent Document ID: 8489131
Application ID: 12643090

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to acquire a context data, wherein the context data provides information of an attribute of an event within the range of the sensor; a processor configured to analyze an attribute of the context data and determine a higher-order context data; a message generator configured to generate a supplemental context message transmittable through a network wherein the supplemental context message includes the higher-order context data, and wherein the supplemental context message comprises a text message identifying the apparatus with a pronoun; and a network interface device configured to communicatively couple the apparatus to the network, and wherein the context data originates from a radio transponder located in a food item container, wherein a signal from the radio transponder identifies at least one of an identity of a food item, an expiration date of the food item and a quantity of the food item in the food item container, wherein the processor determines that at the least one of the expiration date of the food item and the quantity of the food item in the food item container is beyond a certain threshold, and wherein the message generator generates a text message comprising a notification that the least one of the expiration date of the food item and the quantity of the food item in the food item container is beyond the certain threshold.

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Claim 2:
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal from the radio transponder identifies a temperature of the food item, and wherein the processor determines that the appliance storing the food item container requires maintenance if a plurality of food items are above a specified temperature.