Secure detection network system

• US 8,533,855 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2011
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• 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, Benjamin Hewitt, Smith, Cynthia, Smith, Fred Hewitt
• Primary Examiner(s): DADA, BEEMNET W
• Application Number:
  US13/088,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 726/7, 726/8, 726/15, 726/27, 726/28, 726/29, 713/153, 713/168, 713/170, 713/182, 713/186, 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 device comprising:

a handheld device comprising;

a first interface to a body sensor to sense biometric information from a body; and

a second interface to a secure network

comprising a server node to deliver to the handheld device an agent module comprising a node specific configuration file defining a plurality of nodes with which the handheld device can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the plurality of nodes

wherein the handheld device is detectable by a plurality of detectors configured to sense a location of the handheld device and wherein the secure network comprises

an identification controller coupled to the secure network to generate an identification indication as a function of the location of the handheld device and to determine by way of the handheld device an authentication of the body, wherein the authentication is a function of an indication from the handheld device that the body sensor has not been removed from the body.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of detectors includes a detector to communicate via a florescent light.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the body is a passenger in a vehicle.

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

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

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the biometric information is obtainable from a group consisting of:

a face scanner;

palm scanner;

retina scanner;

a fingerprint scanner; and

combinations thereof.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the biometric information is indicative of removal of the body sensor from the body.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of detectors includes a detector to communicate via a retro-reflective illumination.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the handheld device comprises a node of the secure network.

10. A method comprising:

sensing, by a handheld device comprising a processor, biometric information from a body;

receiving, by the device, an agent module from a server node of secure network, the agent module comprising a node-specific configuration file defining a plurality of nodes with which the handheld device can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the plurality of nodes, wherein a location of the handheld device is detectable by a plurality of detectors configured to sense a location of the handheld device, and wherein the secure network comprises an identification controller coupled to the secure network to generate an identification indication as a function of the location of the handheld device; and

providing, by the device, an authentication of the body to the identification controller by way of the secure network.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing, by the device, an indication that a body sensor of the handheld device to sense the biometric information has not been removed from the body.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the indication that the body sensor has not been removed from the body authenticates the body.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the providing of the authentication of the body is via a florescent light.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the sensing of the biometric information occurs within a vehicle.

15. A device comprising:

a handheld device comprising;

a storage means to store program instructions; and

a processor in communication with the storage means, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the program instructions, performs operations comprising;

sensing biometric information from a body;

receiving an agent module from a server node of secure network, the agent module comprising a node-specific configuration file defining a plurality of nodes with which the handheld device can communicate and a different encryption means corresponding to each node in the plurality of nodes, wherein a location of the handheld device is detectable by a plurality of detectors configured to sense a location of the handheld device, and wherein the secure network comprises an identification controller coupled to the secure network to generate an identification indication as a function of the location of the handheld device; and

providing an authentication of the body to the identification controller by way of the secure network.

16. The device of claim 15, the operations further comprising providing an indication that a body sensor to sense biometric information from the body has not been removed from the body.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the indication that the body sensor has not been removed from the body authenticates the body.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the providing of the authentication of the body is via a florescent light.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the sensing of the biometric information occurs within a vehicle.