Monitoring food products
US9477962B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K3/04
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products to improve food safety in a food and beverage supply chain. Embodiments disclosed herein utilize prepared product tags to continuously monitor food and beverage temperatures. The temperatures and other associated data may be wirelessly transmitted to centralized locations for aggregation and storage. Mobile devices may directly communicate with the product tags to receive the temperature data. A host of management applications may utilize the data in order to ensure that safety rules and guidelines are met, while also providing valuable business insight.
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