System and method of monitoring cargo container mobility and efficiency

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING CARGO CONTAINER MOBILITY AND EFFICIENCY

(76) Inventor: Jack A. Denton, Tupelo, MS (US)

Correspondence Address:
Attn: Ivar M. Kaardal
Kaardal & Associates, PC
Suite 250

3500 South First Ave. Circle
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-5802 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 10/040,338

(22) Filed: Nov. 1, 2001

Publication Classification (51) Int. CI.7 G01C 21/00

(52) U.S. CI 701/213; 342/357.07

(57) ABSTRACT

A system and method of monitoring cargo container mobility and efficiency for facilitating post-transit analysis of cargo shipments. The system and method of monitoring cargo container mobility and efficiency includes a mobile location data module which is couplable to a cargo container and is used for determining and recording position and time data on an interval basis as well as supplemental information, a data processing means for processing the position and time data into efficiency track information for post-transit analysis, and a data presentation means for presenting the efficiency track information to a user for facilitating posttransit analysis.