Portable and trackable security box and method for delivering and tracking security box

A shipping method for shipping goods to a recipient, the method comprising:

• providing a locking box comprising a geolocation module, a communications module, and a computation module;
• locking the locking box upon closure;
• monitoring transportation of the box by way of the communications module;
• determining an expected destination for the locking box at the computation module;
• determining a current location for the locking box at the computation module based on data retrieved from the geolocation module;
• unlocking the box only upon confirming that the current location corresponds to the expected destination.

A shipping method for shipping goods to a recipient, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of locking boxes, each comprising a geolocation module, a communications module, and a computation module;
• locking the locking boxes upon closure;
• monitoring transportation of the locking boxes by way of the communications module;
• determining an expected checkpoint destination for the locking boxes at the computation module;
• receiving an identification of one of the plurality of the boxes to be opened at the checkpoint;
• determining a current location for the locking box at the computation module based on data retrieved from the geolocation module;
• unlocking the one of the plurality of boxes identified only upon confirming that the current location corresponds to the expected checkpoint destination.