System and method for providing interconnected and secure mobile device charging stations

A system, comprising:

• a door that selectively opens to allow access to a compartment and selectively closes to block access to the compartment;
• a lock configured to selectively lock and unlock the door when the door is closed;
• a camera configured to image a user area adjacent to the door;
• an ultraviolet lighting device disposed in the compartment;
• computing memory having associated therewith code;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled with the computing memory, configured to execute the code and to:
• control the camera to record a first image data of the user area at a first time;
• control the camera to record a second image data of the user area at a second time;
• selectively unlock the door based on comparing the second image data to the first image data;
• control the ultraviolet lighting device to selectively emit ultraviolet lighting in an interior of the compartment;
• control a motion sensor to sense motion in the user area;
• control the ultraviolet lighting device to selectively emit and stop emission of ultraviolet light in the interior of the compartment based on an electrical switch that operates based on the sensing of the motion sensor;
• control the ultraviolet lighting device to emit the ultraviolet light in the interior of the compartment when the door is closed to block access to the compartment and no motion is sensed in the user area;
• and
• control the ultraviolet lighting device to stop emission of ultraviolet light in the interior of the compartment when either motion is sensed in the user area or the door is opened to allow access to the compartment.

A method, comprising:

• providing a compartment having a door that selectively opens to allow access to the compartment and selectively closes to block access to the compartment;
• locking and unlocking the door when the door is closed;
• recording a first image data of a user area adjacent to the door at a first time;
• recording a second image data of the user area at a second time;
• selectively unlocking the door based on comparing the second image data to the first image data;
• controlling an ultraviolet lighting device to selectively emit ultraviolet lighting in an interior of the compartment;
• selectively disposing an electrical device in the interior of the compartment;
• selectively electrically charging the electrical device in the interior of the compartment via an electrical connection;
• and
• preventing emission of the ultraviolet light in the interior of the compartment when either the electrical device is not being electrically charged via the electrical connection or the door is open.