ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,480, issued on June 17, was assigned to KLATU Networks Inc. (Poulsbo, Wash.).
"System-independent data logging" was invented by Richard Kriss (Poulsbo, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for tracking a shipping container. Information from a third-party shipping entity is combined with information retrieved from a data logger attached to the shipping container while the shipping container is in transit. The third-party portal provides updates through Email or the like, transmitted to an address that is uniquely associated with the shipping container and its current itinerary."
The patent was filed ...