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A system for remotely identifying, tracking, and monitoring transported goods includes a sensing and communications device (14) embedded in a shipping container (2). The sensing and communications device (14) includes onboard sensors (58,60,62) and wirelessly communicates with external sensors (24,2

A system for remotely identifying, tracking, and monitoring transported goods includes a sensing and communications device (14) embedded in a shipping container (2). The sensing and communications device (14) includes onboard sensors (58,60,62) and wirelessly communicates with external sensors (24,26) to receive environmental and structural condition data. The device (14) communicates the data via either an RF interface (52,54) or a cellular telephone system interface (48,50) to a remote monitoring station (68). The remote monitoring station (68) analyzes the data, presents the data to a user, and enables the user to program the device (14).

대표청구항 ▼

The invention claimed is: 1. A system for monitoring conditions of an object, the system comprising:a first sensor for sensing a first condition related to said object and generating first condition data;an identification component for storing object identification data;a first wireless interface fo

The invention claimed is: 1. A system for monitoring conditions of an object, the system comprising:a first sensor for sensing a first condition related to said object and generating first condition data;an identification component for storing object identification data;a first wireless interface for communicating according to a first wireless protocol;a second wireless interface for communicating according to a second wireless protocol; anda controller for determining based on business rules of a particular implementation a preferred interface for communicating with a remote monitoring station, wherein the first interface is preferred if communications with the remote monitoring station are available via the first interface, and wherein the second interface is preferred if communications via the first interface are not available, and for communicating the first condition data and the identification data to the remote monitoring station via the preferred wireless protocol.