Apparatus and method for monitoring the manipulation of a transportable object

2:

• The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic data memory is embodied in MRAM (“magnetoresistive random access memory”) technology.

3:

• The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mechanism comprises at least one part, on which the permanent magnet is arranged and/or which mechanically interacts indirectly or directly with the permanent magnet and therefore the mechanism is capable of reducing the geometrical distance between the permanent magnet and the magnetic data memory, to thus destroy the item of checking information stored in the magnetic data memory.

4:

• The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said part is an actuator, and wherein the device furthermore has a housing, in which or on which the base elements of the device are arranged, wherein the actuator is held so that it is movable in and/or on the housing.

5:

• The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the actuator protrudes at least partially out of the housing for actuation and/or is actuable through a window of the housing.

6:

• The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mechanism furthermore has a spring element, the spring force of which counteracts an actuation of the actuator.

7:

• The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mechanism furthermore has a locking element and a bracket, wherein the bracket has a curved region at a first end and a locking region at the other end, which is capable of interacting with the locking element for locking.

8:

• The device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the locking region of the bracket is formed by a toothed rack, which is distinguished in that it has teeth, which are spaced apart from one another by intermediate spaces, and in that the locking element has one or more counter teeth, which are capable of engaging in the intermediate spaces of the teeth of the toothed rack for locking.

9:

• The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the actuator and the locking element are either jointly embodied in one piece, or mechanically locking and/or unlocking.

10:

• The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises, as a further element, a second data memory for separately storing the item of checking information, wherein the content of the magnetic data memory can be separately destroyed by the permanent magnet and the content of the second data memory can be maintained unchanged simultaneously.

11:

• The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and the second data memory each have a password protection.

12:

• The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises an RFID transponder or at least one RFID chip and an associated antenna.

13:

• A system, comprising a device as claimed in claim 1, and furthermore comprising the transportable object to be monitored, wherein the transportable object has a manipulation-significant part.

14:

• The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the object to be monitored is a transportation container and the manipulation-significant part is a closure, a cover, a door, a flap, or a lock, for opening the transportation container to be monitored for manipulation.

15:

• The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the system furthermore comprises a separate monitoring unit, which has a reader and comparator for reading and comparing the content of the magnetic data memory and the second data memory and furthermore has an outputter for outputting an alarm display and/or an alarm message and/or an alarm signal, which are used to indicate a deviation of the content of the magnetic data memory from the content of the second data memory.

16:

• The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reader comprises an RFID reader.

19:

• The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the method is supplemented after step e.) by the following step:
• f2.) If a correspondence is established in step e.) of the content of the magnetic data memory to the content of the second data memory, an item of information is output which states that no manipulation exists.

20:

• The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the item of checking information and/or in the second data memory takes place in an encrypted and/or password-protected manner.

21:

• The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the data transmission and read procedures in method steps b.), c.), and e.) take place wirelessly.

22:

• The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein for the wireless transmission of the data, an RFID reader communicates wirelessly with an RFID transponder, wherein the RFID transponder transmits data to the magnetic data memory and/or receives it therefrom via a data line.

24:

• The integrated component as claimed in claim 23, wherein the data interface is embodied as an RFID chip.

25:

• The integrated component as claimed in claim 23, wherein the magnetic data memory is embodied in MRAM (“magnetoresistive random access memory”) technology.

26:

• The integrated component as claimed in claim 23, wherein the second data memory is an EPROM, an EEPROM, a flash memory, an F-RAM, or an S-RAM.

27:

• The integrated component as claimed in claim 23, to wherein the integrated component additionally has a microprocessor.

28:

• The integrated component as claimed in claim 23, wherein the integrated component is embodied as an integrated circuit.