US 12,067,522 B2
Sensor based logistics system
Mark D. Hamm, Germantown, TN (US); James B. Greer, Memphis, TN (US); Daniel A. Ost, Germantown, TN (US); Miley E. Ainsworth, Hernando, MS (US); William S. Murphy, Germantown, TN (US); Zachary S. Perry, Chicago, IL (US); Ole Petter Skaaksrud, Germantown, TN (US); Kenneth L. Milman, Memphis, TN (US); Michael R. West, Memphis, TN (US); and James Randy Jacobs, Collierville, TN (US)
Assigned to FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,975.
Application 17/674,975 is a continuation of application No. 17/323,374, filed on May 18, 2021, granted, now 11,288,621.
Application 17/323,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/018,476, filed on Feb. 8, 2016, granted, now 11,062,254, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Application 15/018,476 is a continuation of application No. 14/280,364, filed on May 16, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/280,364 is a continuation of application No. 13/620,017, filed on Sep. 14, 2012, granted, now 8,766,797, issued on Jul. 1, 2014.
Application 13/620,017 is a continuation of application No. 12/566,883, filed on Sep. 25, 2009, granted, now 8,299,920, issued on Oct. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172164 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for shipment of an object from a shipper to a recipient, the method comprising:
configuring, by a sensor tracking server, at least one sensor device associated with the object to monitor at least one environmental condition;
receiving sensor information associated with the sensor device and the at least one monitored environmental condition, the sensor information including a speed of movement of the object;
determining a location of the object relative to a boundary relative to a fixed location based on the speed of movement of the object;
transmitting at least some of the sensor information to a first client device associated with the shipper, at a first frequency, when the object is located within the boundary;
transmitting at least some of the sensor information to a second client device associated with the recipient, at a second frequency that differs from the first frequency, when the object is located within the boundary;
altering the configuration of the at least one sensor in response to the determined location of the object relative to the boundary; and
transmitting at least some of the sensor information to the first client device, at an altered frequency, when the object is located at or beyond the boundary.