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Handshake authenticated coded locked container

  • US 10,204,465 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2014
  • Issued: 02/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tangible machine-readable device storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, at a container, a digitally encoded lock mechanism that is used to lock the container before shipping to a recipient;

    detecting, by the container, that a recipient device of the recipient is within range of the container;

    in response to the detecting that the recipient device is within range of the container, transmitting, by the container, an access key representing a copy of the digitally encoded lock mechanism to the recipient device, the recipient device having an application installed thereon for receiving the access key from the container;

    receiving, at the container, the access key to unlock the container;

    in response to the receiving of the access key at the container, causing an authentication process to be performed that determines whether the access key causes the container to unlock; and

    based on a determination that the access key causes the container to unlock, unlocking the container.

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