Patent 7519463 was granted and assigned to United Parcel Service on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and system for providing improved handling of tractors and trailers (or any powered vehicle and storage devices towed thereby) with a staging area by the automatic locking or unlocking of a trailer door when the trailer leaves or enters the hub, respectively, wherein geofencing and/or Wi-Fi can be used to trigger the automatic locking or unlocking.