US 12,229,615 B2
Detecting tampering in assets and authenticating authorized users
Hendrik J Volkerink, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Ajay Khoche, West San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Trackonomy Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,173.
Application 18/136,173 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,353, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,663,889.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,675, filed on May 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,992, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401940 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G08B 13/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01)
CPC G06K 19/077 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G08B 13/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a wireless sensing system including: a first tape node attached to a first parcel, the first tape node having a first type of wireless communication interface and a second type of wireless communication interface having a longer range than the first type of wireless communication interface, and a second tape node capable of communicating with the first tape node, the method comprising:
establishing, by a server, a wireless communication connection with the second type of wireless communication interface of the first tape node; and
designating, by the server, the first tape node as a master node of the second tape node.