ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,430, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"System and method for real-time trip automation and event monitoring for shipments" was invented by John Kelliher (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for real-time trip automation and event monitoring of shipments is disclosed. The system includes one or more containers, and monitoring devices configured in each container. These monitoring devices monitor the attributes of zones in the container and the location of the container during the trip. Further, a server receives a predefined trip automation rule associated with ...