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Maintaining information facilitating deterministic network routing

US10664792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMar 7, 2018
Grant dateMay 26, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W60/00
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device.

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