Automated delivery security system
AssigneeGlue AB
InventorsJohnny Bigert, Konstantinos Ioannis Sotiropoulos Pesiridis, Magnus Olof Lorentz Hult, Richard John Batters, Stavros Kafouros, Timothy Charles Blackwell
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Abstract
A method and system for providing access to a location secured by an electronically activated locking mechanism, the method comprising: detecting a geographical position of a mobile device. Determining that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism. Transmitting a signal causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock.
Claims17
A method for controlling access to a location secured by an electronically activated locking mechanism, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a mobile device a code, key or cipher for the electronically activated locking mechanism;
- detecting a geographical position of the mobile device;
- determining that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism;
- transmitting a local transmission signal including the code, key or cipher from the mobile device directly to the electronically activated locking mechanism causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock;
- and
- transmitting a further signal from the mobile device to a server, to cause the server to send to a manufacturer of the electronically activated locking mechanism an application programming interface (API) command to lock the electronically activated locking mechanism, wherein the API command is transmitted automatically and without user interaction after determining that the mobile device is no longer proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism.
A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause a mobile device to:
- receive at the mobile device a code, key or cipher for an electronically activated locking mechanism;
- detect a geographical position of the mobile device;
- determine that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to a location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism;
- transmit a local transmission signal including the code, key or cipher from the mobile device directly to the electronically activated locking mechanism causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock;
- and
- transmit a further signal from the mobile device to a server, to cause the server to send to a manufacturer of the electronically activated locking mechanism an application programming interface (API) command to lock the electronically activated locking mechanism, wherein the API command is transmitted automatically and without user interaction after determining that the mobile device is no longer proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism.
A non-transitory storage medium storing machine-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to control access to a location secured by an electronically activated locking mechanism by:
- receiving at a mobile device a code, key or cipher for the electronically activated locking mechanism;
- detecting a geographical position of the mobile device;
- determining that the detected geographical position of the mobile device is proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism;
- transmitting a local transmission signal including the code, key or cipher from the mobile device directly to the electronically activated locking mechanism causing the electronically activated locking mechanism to unlock;
- and
- transmitting a further signal from the mobile device to a server, causing the server to send to a manufacturer of the electronically activated locking mechanism, an application programming interface (API) command to lock the electronically activated locking mechanism, wherein the API command is transmitted automatically and without user interaction after determining that the mobile device is no longer proximate to the location secured by the electronically activated locking mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.