US 11,934,998 B2
Monitoring of products
Christof Backhaus, Hückeswagen (DE); Katharina Berger, Weilerswist (DE); Uwe Schenkel, Langenfeld (DE); Jürgen Schmidt, Bad Laasphe (DE); Walter Speth, Pulheim (DE); Klaus Glismann, Cologne (DE); Eric Willms, Cologne (DE); Markus Storz, Leverkusen (DE); Arne Wendt, Burscheid (DE); and Gregory James Dibble, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Leverkusen (DE)
Filed by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen (DE)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,662.
Application 18/147,662 is a division of application No. 16/964,097, granted, now 11,599,850, previously published as PCT/EP2019/051225, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18153356 (EP), filed on Jan. 25, 2018; and application No. 18174305 (EP), filed on May 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196285 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/35 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 101/681 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/35 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04L 2101/681 (2022.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an active radio tag for monitoring a product, wherein the active radio tag is configured to be connected to a packaging of the product and comprises:
one or more sensors configured to collect product state data characterizing an environment of the product or the packaging of the product;
a first processor configured to determine state information associated with the product based on the product state data collected by the one or more sensors, wherein the state information comprises information about environmental conditions to which the product is subject or information about a packaging state of a packaging of the product;
a first transmitter configured to transmit an advertising data packet at predetermined intervals of time, wherein the advertising data packet comprises a unique identifier for the active radio tag and the state information; and
a power supply configured to power the one or more sensors and the first transmitter; and
a data receiving device comprising:
a receiver configured to receive data from the active radio tag;
a location determination sensor configured to receive signals from a satellite navigation system;
a second transmitter connected to one or more servers via a network; and
a second processor configured to:
listen in on one or more frequency ranges using the receiver,
receive the advertising data packet that is sent by the first transmitter of the active radio tag,
extract, from the advertising data packet the unique identifier for the active radio tag and the state information associated with the product,
determine location information associated with the active radio tag using the location determination sensor, and
convey, using the second transmitter, the unique identifier, the state information, and the location information to a server of the one or more servers via the network.