# US 10,504,354 B2 · Branch device geo-fencing pairing security > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,504,354 B2 - Document ID: US10504354B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/427,797 - Filed: 2017-02-08 - Published: 2017-05-25 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-12 - Assignees: NCR Corporation - Applicants: NCR Corporation - Inventors: Rafael Torcida Fernandez; Stuart Birse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504354B2 ## CPC - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - G06Q 20/1085: {involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G07F 19/207: {Surveillance aspects at ATMs} - G08B 3/10: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems - G08B 13/1427: {with transmitter-receiver for distance detection} - G08B 21/0261: {System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden} - G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - G08B 21/0269: {System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS} - G08B 21/0277: {Communication between units on a local network, e.g. Bluetooth®, piconet, Zigbee®, Wireless Personal Area Networks [WPAN]} - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Providing security for a sensitive item is implemented using geo-fencing. A geo-fence may be established as a dynamic virtual perimeter defining the maximum allowable distance between a sensitive item for which security is provided, and a security providing entity. The sensitive item has a first trackable device associated with it and the security providing entity has a second trackable device associated with it. The first trackable device and the second trackable device are paired to each other and tracked. The dynamic virtual perimeter may encompass and move with the moving location of one of the trackable devices. A notification is provided when the first trackable device or the second trackable device is out of the virtual dynamic perimeter. The sensitive item may be a bank cash cassette and the security providing entity may be a person responsible for the bank cash cassette. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer implemented method comprising: establishing via a computer system a virtual perimeter for first and second trackable devices; pairing the first and second trackable devices; tracking the movement of the paired first and second trackable devices; and generating a notification when the second trackable device exceeds a predetermined maximum distance from the first trackable device, wherein the virtual perimeter is a geo-fenced area, and wherein the computer system and the first and second trackable devices are network devices and wherein the method further includes connecting the first and second trackable devices to a network only when the first and second trackable devices are located with the predetermined maximum distance from the computer system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined maximum distance is defined by a virtual perimeter around the first trackable device and the notification is generated when the second trackable device is outside the virtual perimeter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer implemented method of claim 2 wherein the virtual perimeter is a dynamic virtual perimeter that moves with a location of the first trackable device and the notification is generated when the second trackable device is outside the dynamic virtual perimeter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer implemented method of claim 1 of wherein the second trackable device is affixed to or associated with a sensitive item for which security is provided, and the first trackable device is affixed to or associated with a security providing entity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the computer system comprises a location based system for establishing the virtual perimeter, for pairing and tracking the first and second trackable devices, and for causing the sending of the notification. ### Claim 6 A computer implemented method comprising: establishing, via a location based service associated with a computer system, a virtual perimeter for a trackable device, wherein the computer system and the trackable device are connected to a network, wherein the virtual perimeter is a geo-fenced area; pairing the trackable device and the computer system; tracking the trackable device; and disconnecting the trackable device from the network with the trackable device is out of the virtual perimeter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The computer implemented method of claim 6 method of claim, further comprising generating a notification when the trackable device is out of the virtual perimeter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The computer implemented method of claim 6 wherein the computer system is moving, the virtual perimeter surrounds and moves with the moving location of the computer system, and the notification is generated when the trackable device is outside the virtual perimeter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The computer implemented method of claim 6 wherein the virtual perimeter establishes the maximum distance of separation between the computer system and the trackable device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The computer implemented method of claim 6 wherein the virtual perimeter is an indoor location. ### Claim 11 A computer system comprising one or more computer processors configured to include: a geo-fence establishing module for establishing a virtual perimeter for a trackable device containing currency; a pairing module for pairing the computer system and the trackable device; a tracking module for tracking the trackable device; and a notification module for providing a notification when the trackable device is out of the virtual perimeter, wherein the computer system and the trackable device are network devices and wherein the pairing module is further configured to connect the computer system and the trackable device to a network only when the computer system and the trackable device are located with a predetermined maximum distance from the computer system.