Gustavo L Bottan

US Patent:

7372262, May 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/557245

Inventors:

William Bertozzi - Lexington MA, US
Gustavo Bottan - Lexington MA, US
Robert J. Ledoux - Harvard MA, US

Assignee:

Passport Systems, Inc. - Acton MA

International Classification:

G01V 3/00

US Classification:

324300, 324307

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for the non-intrusive inspection and/or verification of cargo. In an exemplary embodiment, an elemental signature is determined at a first point in a supply chain and transmitted to a second point in the supply chain. When the goods arrive at the second point, the elemental signature of the goods may be measured and verified against the original elemental signature. In another embodiment, an elemental signature may be measured to verify the origin or identity of the goods. In some embodiments such elemental signatures are inherent to the shipped goods and/or their packaging. In other embodiments, elemental signatures are applied to the shipment as tag materials.

US Patent:

20020042846, Apr 11, 2002

Filed:

Oct 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/968053

Inventors:

Gustavo Bottan - Lexington MA, US
Sebastian Ponceliz - Delray Beach FL, US
Gabriel Obrador - Buenos Aires, AR
Daniel Chain - Buenos Aires, AR

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/249000, 709/227000

Abstract:

A system for automating the transmission of notification messages and establishing predetermined communications connections in response to programmable events. The system accepts and stores event description data from each of a plurality of different subscribers. The event description data specifies one or more event types for each of the participating subscribers and, for each given event type associated with a subscriber, further specifies one or more conditions and the destination and content of a notification message to be transmitted when those conditions are satisfied. One or more web database servers may be used to advantage to collect and store subscriber data, permitting each subscriber to interactively add, delete and modify said event description data at any time using a forms-based web interface The subscriber preferably employs the web interface, WAP, voice response and text to speech to provide information suggested by pre-written templates for standardized services, or to create special-purpose functions which meet the subscriber's specific needs.