Systems and methods for providing access to a secured container

A method of providing access to a secured container, comprising:

• receiving, at a first computing device communicatively coupled to a lock securing a container enclosing one or more objects, identifying information for an individual and a computing device identifier by communicating with a mobile computing device;
• after receipt of the identifying information and the computing device identifier, unlocking the lock securing the container;
• determining whether the individual has removed at least one of the objects from the secured container;
• upon determining that the individual has taken at least one of the objects, communicating with a second computing device to determine whether an authorization associated with the computing device identifier was received for the removed objects within a time period;
• and
• upon determining that the authorization associated with the computing device identifier was not received within the time period, issuing an alert including the identifying information using an alert system.

A system to provide access to a secured container comprising:

• a container secured by a lock and enclosing one or more objects;
• a first computing device communicatively coupled to the lock and including an information gathering device and a processor configured to execute instructions to:
• obtain, using the information gathering device, identifying information for an individual seeking access to the secured container;
• unlock the lock securing the container;
• determine whether the individual has removed at least one of the objects from the secured container;
• upon determining that the individual has taken at least one of the objects, communicate with a second computing device to determine whether an authorization associated with the individual was received for the removed objects within a time period;
• and
• upon determining that the authorization associated with the individual was not received within the time period, issuing an alert including the identifying information using an alert system.