US 11,843,991 B2
Methods and systems for motion-based management of an enhanced logistics container
Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Collierville, TN (US)
Filed by FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Collierville, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,469.
Application 17/367,469 is a division of application No. 15/433,043, filed on Feb. 15, 2017, granted, now 11,096,009.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,155, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337349 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); H04W 52/32 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G08B 25/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08B 25/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 28/0252 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 52/322 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A motion sensing container apparatus deployed in a wireless node network having at least a second node that communicates with the apparatus, the motion sensing container apparatus comprising:
a logistics container for maintaining a plurality of packages, the logistics container further comprising
a base platform capable of supporting the plurality of packages, the base platform comprising a central support surface and a plurality of base attachment points disposed relative to a periphery of the base platform and outside the central support base surface, and
a flexible cover having a plurality of cover attachment points capable of being temporarily secured to a corresponding one of the base attachment points of the base platform, wherein the flexible cover, when secured to the base attachment points, is capable of securing the plurality of packages to the base platform; and
a container node attached to the logistics container, the container node being a first node in the wireless node network, the container node further comprising at least
a motion sensor that detects a first motion status of the logistics container and a second motion status of the logistics container,
a memory that stores the detected first motion status of the logistics container, the detected second motion status of the logistics container, and a motion-dependent broadcast profile for the container node, wherein the motion-dependent broadcast profile includes a first operational parameter related to a power level of a signal to be communicated by the container node and a second operational parameter related to how frequently the signal to be communicated by the container node is communicated,
a processor that determines a changed motion status for the logistics container based upon the stored first motion status and the stored second motion status and alters the motion-dependent broadcast profile stored in the memory based upon the changed motion status by changing the first operational parameter or the second operational parameter included in the stored motion-dependent broadcast profile, and
a communication interface operative to allow the container node to transmit a control message to a second node in the wireless node network in accordance with the altered motion-dependent broadcast profile, wherein the control message provides instructional input to the second node that alters an operation of the second node based upon the identified changed motion status for the logistics container.