TRANSPORT LABEL SYSTEM WITH UPDATABLE ADDRESS

摘要

A transport label for use with a transport container includes a controllable, readable display that can be updated to provide for rerouting of the transport container, under the control of control circuitry. The transport label system includes a memory device adapted to contain two or more addresses to which the transport container may be directed, for example an original destination address and an alternative destination address. Determination of whether the transport container is to be rerouted is based on whether a parameter indicative of a state of the transport container and/or its contents meets a rerouting criterion. Controllable, readable display element, memory device, and control circuitry may be built into a transport container or configured separately, e.g. for attachment to a transport container. Methods of controlling the transport label system are also described.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a transport label system carried by a transport container, comprising:
retrieving a first destination address from a memory device under the control of control circuitry, the memory device and the control circuitry forming a portion of the transport label system carried by the transport container; presenting the first destination address on a controllable, readable display element of the transport label system in a format readable by a reader external to the transport container; receiving at least one parameter value indicative of a state of at least one of the transport container and one or more contents of the transport container; determining with the control circuitry whether the state meets at least one rerouting criterion; and if the state meets the at least one rerouting criterion, retrieving a second destination address from the memory device under the control of the control circuitry and presenting the second destination address on the display element of the transport label system.