# US 11,443,606 B2 · Firearm regulation system and related methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,606 B2 - Document ID: US11443606B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/202,058 - Filed: 2021-03-15 - Published: 2021-07-22 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-27 - Applicants: Talknowledge, LLC - Inventors: Christopher Baker - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443606B2 ## CPC - F41A 17/06: Electric or electromechanical safeties (F41A17/04, F41A17/08 take precedence) - G08B 21/02: Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons - F41A 17/063: {comprising a transponder} - F41A 17/08: for inhibiting firing in a specified direction, e.g. at a friendly person or at a protected area (F41A27/02 takes precedence) - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - G07C 9/00571: {operated by interacting with a central unit} - G08B 3/00: Audible signalling systems, e.g. audible personal calling systems - H01Q 1/2208: {associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00)} - H04B 7/155: Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) - H04L 12/2825: {Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002)} - H04L 12/2854: {Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks} - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - G07C 2009/00515: {opening and locking of all locks at the same time} - G08B 13/1436: {with motion 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 21/0275: {Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS] tag technology used for parent or child unit, e.g. same transmission technology, magnetic tag, RF tag, RFID} - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Implementations of firearm regulation systems may include a firearm safety system (FSS) configured to physically couple to a firearm. The FSS may include a locking mechanism configured to prevent the firearm from firing and a sensor configured to detect an environmental parameter. The firearm regulation system may also include a management system communicatively coupled to the FSS and a site safety system (SSS) communicatively coupled to the management system. The SSS may include one or more lockdown mechanisms. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A firearm regulation system comprising: a firearm safety system (FSS) configured to physically couple to a firearm, the FSS comprising; a locking mechanism configured to prevent the firearm from firing; and a sensor configured to detect an environmental parameter; a management system communicatively coupled to the FSS; a site safety system (SSS) communicatively coupled to the management system, the SSS comprising one or more lockdown mechanisms; wherein the FSS is configured to, if the sensor detects the environmental parameter, transmit a lock signal to the locking mechanism; wherein the locking mechanism is configured to lock the firearm upon receiving the lock signal; wherein the SSS is configured to, upon receiving a signal from the management system, activate one or more lockdown mechanisms. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, wherein the FSS further comprises a receiver configured to wirelessly receive a second lock signal, through a telecommunication channel, from an external device and wherein the FSS is configured to activate the locking mechanism upon receiving the second lock signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is one of a motion sensor or a vibration sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1: wherein the sensor comprises a GPS device and the environmental parameter comprises a location; and wherein the FSS is configured to activate the locking mechanism to lock the firearm if the location of the FSS is within an area of a geofence stored within the FSS. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, further comprising a long range wide area network (LoRaWAN) transceiver, wherein the LoRaWAN transceiver is configured to receive a LoRaWAN signal and activate the locking mechanism upon receiving the LoRaWAN signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, further comprising relay circuitry configured to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism, wherein the relay circuitry is wirelessly coupled to the locking mechanism. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, wherein the FSS is configured to transmit, through a telecommunication channel, to an owner of the firearm, a notification indicating that the firearm has been locked after the locking mechanism has been activated. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, wherein the SSS further comprises a fluxgate metal detector configured to operate under an entryway of a site, wherein the SSS is configured to activate the one or more lockdown mechanisms upon the fluxgate metal detector detecting a predetermined amount of metal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The firearm regulation system of claim 1, further comprising additional FSSs configured to physically couple to additional firearms. ### Claim 10 A firearm regulation system comprising: a site safety system (SSS) communicatively coupled to a management system, the SSS comprising; one or more lockdown mechanisms; an RF antenna; and an RF reader/writer; wherein the SSS is configured to, upon receiving a signal from the management system, activate one or more lockdown mechanisms; wherein the RF antenna is configured to detect an RFID tag of a firearm when the RFID tag is within range of the RF antenna; and wherein the SSS is configured to activate lockdown mechanisms upon detecting the RFID tag. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The firearm regulation system of claim 10, further comprising a firearm safety system (FSS) configured to physically couple to a firearm, the FSS comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the firearm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The firearm regulation system of claim 10, wherein the SSS further comprises a metal detector. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The firearm regulation system of claim 10, wherein the one or more lockdown mechanisms include an audible alarm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The firearm regulation system of claim 10, wherein the one or more lockdown mechanisms include actuators configured to lock one or more doors. ### Claim 15 A method of regulating a firearm comprising: storing a predetermined location in a firearm safety system (FSS), the FSS configured to physically couple to a firearm; detecting, through a sensor comprised in the FSS, a location of the FSS; activating a locking mechanism comprised in the FSS if the location detected by the sensor matches the predetermined location, wherein the locking mechanism prevents the firearm from firing; wirelessly transmitting, from the FSS, to a management system, through a telecommunication channel, a first signal indicating that the sensor detected the predetermined location; wirelessly transmitting, from the management system, through a telecommunication channel, to a site safety system (SSS) a second signal; wherein the SSS is configured to, upon receiving the second signal from the management system, activate one or more lockdown mechanisms comprised within the SSS. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of regulating a firearm of claim 15, wherein the sensor comprises a global positioning system (GPS) device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of regulating a firearm of claim 15, wherein one or more lockdown mechanisms comprise an audible alarm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of regulating a firearm of claim 15, further comprising detecting a firearm using a metal detector comprised within the SSS. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of regulating a firearm of claim 15, wherein the locking mechanism is activated through relay circuitry wirelessly coupled to the locking mechanism.