US 11,934,999 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. 18/147,665.
Application 18/147,665 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 2023/0169459 A1, Jun. 1, 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)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
connecting an active radio tag to a packaging of a product, the active radio tag comprising:
one or more sensors,
a first transmitter,
a power supply configured to power the one or more sensors and the first transmitter;
detecting, using the one or more sensors of the active radio tag, an environmental condition to which the product is subject and/or a packaging state of the packaging of the product;
transmitting, using the first transmitter of the active radio tag, an advertising data packet comprising a unique identifier for the active radio tag and one or more pieces of state information associated with the product, wherein the one or more pieces of state information comprise information about the environmental condition to which the product is subject and/or information about the packaging state of the packaging of the product;
listening in on one or more frequency ranges using a data receiving device comprising:
a receiver,
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
one or more processors coupled to the receiver, the location determination sensor, and the second transmitter;
receiving the advertising data packet from the active radio tag using the receiver of the data receiving device;
extracting, using the one or more processors of the data receiving device, the unique identifier for the active radio tag and the one or more pieces of state information associated with the product from the advertising data packet;
determining, using the location determination sensor of the data receiving device, location information associated with the active radio tag; and
conveying, using the second transmitter of the data receiving device, the unique identifier, the one or more pieces of state information, and the location information a server of the one or more servers via the network.