US 11,783,144 B2
Mobile RFID container and distribution method
Joseph Pleshek, Cambridge, WI (US); Brian George, Brodhead, WI (US); Travis Phillips, Stoughton, WI (US); and Mark Sehmer, Stoughton, WI (US)
Assigned to Promega Corporation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Promega Corporation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/447,289.
Application 16/447,289 is a continuation of application No. 15/581,818, filed on Apr. 28, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/581,818 is a continuation of application No. 14/337,732, filed on Jul. 22, 2014, granted, now 9,704,000, issued on Jul. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/857,987, filed on Jul. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0303633 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G07G 1/009 (2013.01); G08B 13/2417 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G06F 2221/2121 (2013.01); G08B 13/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile container for carrying a plurality of products, each product including at least one RFID tag, the mobile container comprising:
a housing including a body and a door, the body and the door cooperating to define an interior compartment configured to carry the plurality of products, the door being movable relative to the body between an open position to provide external access to the interior compartment and a closed position to prevent external access to the interior compartment;
a door sensor configured to detect whether the door is in the open position or the closed position;
an RFID detector configured to conduct RFID scans of the interior compartment and collect scan data concerning the RFID tags on the products contained within the interior compartment;
a GPS component configured to generate location data indicative of a location of the mobile container;
a controller coupled to the door sensor, the RFID detector, and communicatively coupled to the GPS component, the controller configured to trigger an RFID scan via the RFID detector and transmit the scan data and the current location data to a remote device in response to the door sensor detecting that the door has been moved into the closed position.