US Patent Issued to Overhaul Group on June 17 for "Shipment tracking system providing monitoring of access to a closed shipping container or cargo space utilizing locally-deployed access reporting and monitoring devices" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,479, issued on June 17, was assigned to Overhaul Group Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Shipment tracking system providing monitoring of access to a closed shipping container or cargo space utilizing locally-deployed access reporting and monitoring devices" was invented by Barry Conlon (Leander, Texas) and Nicholas Heikkinen (Rowlett, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, at a server, a first message including identifying information about a container with an access door seal being monitored by a first ARM device. The method includes initiating tracking of the shipment and first ARM device. The method includes, in r...