US 11,776,370 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring, tracking and tracing logistics
Clinton A. Haynes, Mason, OH (US); Joseph Krumme Bullard, West Chester, OH (US); and Daniel L. Morrow, Batavia, OH (US)
Assigned to Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,022.
Application 18/115,022 is a continuation of application No. 17/949,252, filed on Sep. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,620,890.
Application 17/949,252 is a continuation of application No. 17/057,977, granted, now 11,468,755, issued on Oct. 11, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2019/034821, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,300, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,444, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0237892 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G08B 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2462 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G08B 25/08 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for tracking a container with a tracking device associated therewith, the method comprising:
identifying a destination location for the container;
detecting, by the tracking device, a current location of the container;
determining, based upon the current location, whether the container is moving along a path toward the destination location;
determining, based upon the current location, departure of the container from the path;
generating a first alert in response to the departure of the container from the path;
determining, by the tracking device, opening of the container;
comparing, by the tracking device, the current location with the destination location;
determining, by the tracking device, that the container has been opened at a location other than the destination location; and
transmitting a second alert, by the tracking device, to the remote computing device in response to the determining that the container has been opened at a location other than the destination location.