US 12,001,995 B2
System and method for producing and processing transportation and shipping documentation
William John Wappler, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US); Robert William Fink, Hudson, OH (US); Charles Edwin Dressler, Wadsworth, OH (US); Michael James Dressler, Wadsworth, OH (US); and David Lee Smith, Jr., Ashland, OH (US)
Filed by Surgere, LLC, Uniontown, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,145.
Application 17/689,145 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/314,512, filed on May 7, 2021, granted, now 11,880,737.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358455 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10227 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of processing transportation documentation using an electronic bill of lading comprising:
identifying in a structure a plurality of different assets to be loaded; wherein each asset of the plurality of different assets is of a known identification and includes a RFID tag, and all RFID tags of the plurality of different assets are not the same;
identifying a selected structural opening of a plurality of structural openings to be utilized with loading of the plurality of different assets onto a vehicle, wherein each structural opening of the plurality of structural openings is equipped with an RFID portal including a reader antenna, and each RFID portal includes at least power, sensitivity, mode and off settings;
individually, tuning the power, sensitivity and mode settings of the RFID portal of the selected structural opening based on the known identification of the plurality of assets and RFID tags utilized in the selected structural opening such that the reader of the RFID portal of the selected structural opening reads the RFID tag of the plurality of different assets, and obtain asset details including asset serial number thereby reading and identifying the assets loaded onto the vehicle; and
populating the electronic bill of lading and associated shipping documents with the obtained asset details of the assets loaded onto the vehicle using the RFID portal of the selected structural opening; and
tracking the assets loaded onto the vehicle in route to a destination with use of a driver's device, wherein the populated electronic bill of lading is transferred to the driver's device.