Secure detection network system

• US 7,930,761 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2008
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ANGEL Secure Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ANGEL Secure Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Smith, Fred Hewitt, Smith, Benjamin H, Smith, Cynthia
• Primary Examiner(s): Dada, Beemnet W
• Application Number:
  US12/277,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20090083842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 726/7, 726/8, 726/15, 726/27, 726/28, 726/29, 713/186, 713/153, 713/168, 713/170, 713/182, 713/191
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/313 using a call-back technique via a telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A secure detection network system includes plurality of remote nodes, each remote node comprising a set of detector interfaces configured to couple to a set of detectors disposed to detect the presence of an illegal asset within a shipping container; at least one server node configured to initialize, install, and authenticate each remote node in the plurality of remote nodes, including delivering to each remote node an agent module, said agent module for each remote node comprising a node specific configuration file defining a set of nodes with which the remote node can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the set of nodes; and a communication path coupling the plurality of remote nodes and the at least one server node.

Claims

1. A secure identification control system comprising:

A. at least one body sensor configured to sense biometric information from a body;

B. a handheld node comprising an interface to the at least one body sensor and an interface to a secure network, wherein the handheld node is configured to record biometric information, including information indicating removal of the body sensor from the body;

C. the secure network including at least one server node configured to deliver to the handheld node an agent module, said agent module comprising a node specific configuration file defining a set of nodes with which the handheld node can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the set of nodes;

D. a set of detectors configured to sense a handheld node location; and

E. an identification controller coupled to the secure network and configured to generate an identification indication as a function of the handheld node location and an authentication of the body from the handheld node, wherein such authentication is a function of an indication from the handheld device that the at least one body sensor had not been removed from the body.

2. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the set of detectors includes one or more detectors configured for communicating via florescent lights or by retroreflective illumination.

3. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the body is a passenger in a vehicle.

4. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the identification controller is configured for granting access to a secure facility or area.

5. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the identification controller is configured for providing the identification indication to a friendly fire prevention detection system.

6. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one body sensors comprises at least one biometric sensor.

7. The secure identification control system of claim 6, wherein the handheld node receives biometric data from the at least one biometric sensor.

8. The secure identification control system of claim 6, wherein the at least one biometric sensor is selected from the group consisting of:

a face scanner, palm scanner, retina scanner, fingerprint scanner, and any combination thereof.

9. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the handheld node interfaces with the user.

10. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the handheld node comprises at least one telephone.

11. The secure identification control system of claim 1, wherein the user-specific data comprising audio signals.

12. The secure identification control system of claim 7, wherein the handheld node integrates with the at least one biometric sensor.