Portable security container
First Claim
1. A container managing system comprising at least:
- a portable container and a host computer, wherein the portable container comprises;
a housing comprised of a plurality of sidewalls bearing a removable lid, forming said portable container having a closed interior while said lid is in complete engagement with said housing, and providing an open interior able to removably receive items within said open interior while said lid is dislodged from said complete engagement;
a port borne by said housing to accommodate conduction of transmission of data signals between said closed interior and an environment external to said housing;
a control stage comprised of a memory storing information specific to said container said control stage being mounted entirely within and being completely encased by said container during said complete engagement, and being operationally coupled to provide communication with said interior via said port, and generating a control signal in dependence upon disposition of said port relative to the host computer as a source of said data signals, in dependence upon disposition of said container at a geographical location within an authorized range of siting of the container, and in response to occurrence of a coincidence between a data key received among said data signals via said port and a data sequence obtained by said control stage in dependence upon said information stored within said memory;
a moveable latch disposed to engage said lid and hinder removal of said lid from said complete engagement, and to respond to said control signal by releasing said lid from said complete engagement; and
wherein the host computer is sited externally to the portable container and can be coupled to the port of the portable container via a cable, infrared or RF to transmit and receive data signals to/from the control stage inside portable container, wherein the host computer includes an input device for inputting a request for access and personalized information of a user, wherein the host computer is adapted to verify the personalized information and to send the data signals including a data key to the control stage, wherein the host computer includes a display unit for displaying security status information received from the control stage via said port,wherein the control stage is configured to generate an alarm signal in response to an unauthorized interruption of said communication via said port, wherein a first alarm is driven by said control stage to broadcast an indication of said unauthorized interruption in response to said alarm signal; and
the microprocessor based host computer is operationally coupled to said control stage via said port to periodically make a determination of whether said an unauthorized interruption of said communication has occurred; and
a second alarm is driven by said host computer to broadcast an indication of said unauthorized interruption upon said determination.
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Abstract
A process and security container that enable local protection and remote transportation of items found with the environment of a contemporary office, while generating a log of users who have gained access to the container. e container may be constructed with one or more sidewalls bearing a removable lid. The container may have a closed interior while the lid is in complete engagement with the sidewalls, and have an open interior able to removably receive items within the interior while the lid is dislodged from its complete engagement. A port is exposed through one of said sidewalls to receive data signals and a control stage with a non-volatile a memory, is mounted within the container and operationally coupled to a host computer to provide communication with the interior of the container via the port. A microprocessor based host computer sited externally to the container, has a keyboard initiating formation of the data signals and a monitor driven by the host computer to visually display video images. The host computer is operationally coupled to the port to participate in the communication by generating the data signals. The controller may generate a control signal and allow access to the interior of the container in response to occurrence of a coincidence between a data key received From the host computer among the data signals via the port and a data sequence obtained by the control stage in dependence upon information stored within the memory.
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34 Claims
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1. A container managing system comprising at least:
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a portable container and a host computer, wherein the portable container comprises; a housing comprised of a plurality of sidewalls bearing a removable lid, forming said portable container having a closed interior while said lid is in complete engagement with said housing, and providing an open interior able to removably receive items within said open interior while said lid is dislodged from said complete engagement; a port borne by said housing to accommodate conduction of transmission of data signals between said closed interior and an environment external to said housing; a control stage comprised of a memory storing information specific to said container said control stage being mounted entirely within and being completely encased by said container during said complete engagement, and being operationally coupled to provide communication with said interior via said port, and generating a control signal in dependence upon disposition of said port relative to the host computer as a source of said data signals, in dependence upon disposition of said container at a geographical location within an authorized range of siting of the container, and in response to occurrence of a coincidence between a data key received among said data signals via said port and a data sequence obtained by said control stage in dependence upon said information stored within said memory; a moveable latch disposed to engage said lid and hinder removal of said lid from said complete engagement, and to respond to said control signal by releasing said lid from said complete engagement; and wherein the host computer is sited externally to the portable container and can be coupled to the port of the portable container via a cable, infrared or RF to transmit and receive data signals to/from the control stage inside portable container, wherein the host computer includes an input device for inputting a request for access and personalized information of a user, wherein the host computer is adapted to verify the personalized information and to send the data signals including a data key to the control stage, wherein the host computer includes a display unit for displaying security status information received from the control stage via said port, wherein the control stage is configured to generate an alarm signal in response to an unauthorized interruption of said communication via said port, wherein a first alarm is driven by said control stage to broadcast an indication of said unauthorized interruption in response to said alarm signal; and
the microprocessor based host computer is operationally coupled to said control stage via said port to periodically make a determination of whether said an unauthorized interruption of said communication has occurred; and
a second alarm is driven by said host computer to broadcast an indication of said unauthorized interruption upon said determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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22. The container managing system of 12, wherein said container being transportable between an origin and a destination, and said second class of information is installed at said origin comprises biometric data matching a person of a human user of said container and said coincidence must be made with biometric data matching said person at said destination.
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34. A portable container connectable to a host computer, wherein the portable container comprises:
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a housing comprised of a plurality of sidewalls bearing a removable lid, forming said portable container having a closed interior while said lid is in complete engagement with said housing, and providing an open interior able to removably receive items within said open interior while said lid is dislodged from said complete engagement; a port borne by said housing to accommodate conduction of transmission of data signals between said closed interior and the host computer coupled to the port; a control stage comprised of a memory storing information specific to said container, said control stage being mounted entirely within and being completely encased by said container during said complete engagement, and being operationally coupled to provide communication with said interior via said port, and generating a control signal; in dependence upon disposition of said port relative to the host computer as source of said data signals, in dependence upon disposition of said container at a geographical location within an authorized range of siting of the container, and in response to occurrence of a coincidence between a data key received among said data signals via said port and a data sequence obtained by said control stage dependence upon said information stored within said memory; a movable latch disposed to engage said lid and hinder removal of said lid from said complete engagement, and to respond to said control signal by releasing said lid from said complete engagement; one or more sidewalls forming an outer casement closed at one end by a continuous bottom surface, wherein an inner casement having one or more sidewalls jointed together and closed at one end by a continuous bottom surface, an upper rim of the inner casement is extended outward to engage the inner surfaces and sidewalls to provide a cavity between the spaced apart sidewalls of the inner casement and inner surfaces of the outer casement, wherein a circuit board is placed in the cavity, wherein the circuit board providing the control stage is connected by a cable to a socket representing the port of the container, wherein an aperture is formed on one of the sidewalls of the outer casement to expose the socket to an environment external to a container, wherein the lid or other panel encloses both the inner and outer casements, wherein the port is configured to be coupled to the host computer sited externally to the portable container via a cable, infrared or RF to receive data signals including the data key from the host computer to provide the data signals to the control stage inside portable container, and the port is adapted to transmit security status information received from the control stage to the host computer having a display unit for displaying the security status information of the portable container.
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Specification