Identification device, system and method
AssigneeGlobal Locating Systems, Ltd.
InventorsMichael Peter Wildon, Alexander Robert Dalziel Paterson
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Abstract
An identification system includes an identification device and a communication device. The identification device is attached to an article and including a sensor. The identification device is configured to operate in a plurality of modes and configured to switch between modes of the plurality of modes based on one or more conditions of a surrounding environment sensed by the sensor. The identification device is configured to send data to a server. The communication device of a user of the identification system is configured to receive data including location data of the identification device from the server using short message service protocols or messages through a signaling channel.
Claims4
A lock comprising:
- processing means (54) arranged to receive a data communication;
- an actuator (56);
- a first engagement means (62);
- and
- a second engagement means (66) releasably engageable with the first engagement means;
- wherein the processing means is operable, upon receipt of the data communication, to control the actuator to disengage and/or engage the first engagement means and the second engagement means, the first engagement means is in the form of a pin or other extending means, the second engagement means is in the form of a connector head having a locking groove (67) and the lock further comprises a support (70) bounding a recess (65);
- wherein
- the pin or other engagement means is movable, under the control of the actuator, between a locked position in which an end of the pin or other extending means extends into the recess, and an unlocked position in which the pin or other extending means does not extend into the recess;
- and
- the connector head is moveable from an unlocked position in which it is free to move within and exit the recess, and a locked position in which the end of the pin or other extending means extends into the recess and the locking groove to lockingly engage therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.