Tamper-alert and tamper-resistant band
AssigneeTechip International Limited
InventorEyal Dov VARDI
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Abstract
A tamper alert band includes a housing, a latch, and a latch-blocking member. The latch is configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position first and second housing elements are movable with respect to each other and in the secured position the latch secured the first housing element with the second housing element. The latch-blocking member is controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to thereafter obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position.
Claims20
A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising:
- a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element;
- a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node;
- a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other;
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- a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position.
A machine implemented process for dynamically setting an electrical resistance value for a band that is for affixation around a human extremity, the band including a housing and a strap, the housing including a memory device, at least one processor device, a transceiver that is configured to communicate with a remote computing device, a latch that, in a secured configuration, secures the housing to the strap, and a lock that is configured to mechanically lock the latch in the secured configuration, the machine implemented process comprising:
- responsive to initially securing the band by securing the housing to the strap, determining an initial resistance value of an electrical circuit formed by the strap and circuitry within the housing;
- storing, in the memory device, at least one operational resistance value based on the determined initial resistance value;
- machine-locking the latch in the secured configuration based on the determined resistance value;
- thereafter machine-monitoring resistance of the circuit;
- machine-determining if the monitored resistance is outside of a resistance range that is based on the at least one operational resistance value;
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- machine-transmitting a message via the transceiver to the remote computing device if the monitored resistance is determined to be outside of the resistance range.
A band control system comprising:
- a band including:
- a band transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device, using short range radio transmissions, a remote unlock request;
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- an electronic lock system that, responsive to receipt of a granted unlock request electronic data message, unlocks the band;
- the mobile device including:
- a short range communication transceiver configured to communicate with the band transceiver and receive the remote unlock request from the band;
- a wireless transceiver, which has a longer range than that of the band transceiver, configured to relay the remote unlock request to a remote computing node;
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- the remote computing node including at least one processor circuit configured to:
- receive the remote unlock request from the mobile device;
- attempt to authenticate the remote unlock request;
- based on the authentication, transmit, via a transceiver of the remote computing node, a granted unlock request message to the mobile device,
- wherein the mobile device is configured to relay, via the short range communication transceiver, the granted unlock request message to the band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.