Tamper-alert and tamper-resistant band
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1. A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising:
- a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element;
a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node;
a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other;
a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position;
an electric motor disposed in the housing and configured to move the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position, electric motor is configured to rotate the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position; and
data processing circuitry coupled to the wireless transceiver and to the electronic motor, the data processing circuitry being configured;
to determine that the blocking member is in at least one of the first and second positions;
to cause the electric motor to controllably move the blocking member from the first position to the second position based on determining that the blocking member is in the first position; and
to cause the electric motor to controllably move the blocking member from the second position to the first position based on determining that the blocking member is in the first position.
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Abstract
A tamper alert band includes a housing, a latch, and a latch-blocking member. The latch is configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position first and second housing elements are movable with respect to each other and in the secured position the latch secured the first housing element with the second housing element. The latch-blocking member is controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to thereafter obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position.
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1. A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising:
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a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element; a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node; a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other; a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position; an electric motor disposed in the housing and configured to move the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position, electric motor is configured to rotate the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position; and data processing circuitry coupled to the wireless transceiver and to the electronic motor, the data processing circuitry being configured; to determine that the blocking member is in at least one of the first and second positions; to cause the electric motor to controllably move the blocking member from the first position to the second position based on determining that the blocking member is in the first position; and to cause the electric motor to controllably move the blocking member from the second position to the first position based on determining that the blocking member is in the first position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising:
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a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element; a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node; a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other; a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position; a trigger member coupled to the latch and disposed to be accessible at an external surface of the housing, the trigger member being configured to cause the latch to move between the secured and unsecured position when the blocking member is in the second position thereby allowing the first housing element to be unsecured from the second housing element; and at least one movement sensor disposed within the housing and configured to detect permitted limited movement of the latch even when the blocking member is in the first position, wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to, responsive to the at least one movement sensor detecting the permitted limited movement of the latch even when the blocking member is in the first position, communicate with the at least one computing node a message indicating that the latch has been moved when the blocking member is in the first position.
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10. A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising:
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a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element; a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node; a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other, wherein when the band is affixed around the human extremity and the first housing and second housing are secured by the latch, at least a portion of the band forms a conductive circuit around the human extremity; a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position; a memory device; and at least one processing circuit coupled to the wireless transceiver and to the memory device, the at least one processing circuit being configured to; determine that the first housing is secured with the second housing to form the conductive circuit; determine an initial resistance value of the conductive circuit; and store a data value to the memory device based on the determined initial resistance of the conductive circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A machine implemented process for dynamically setting an electrical resistance value for a band that is for affixation around a human extremity, the band including a housing and a strap, the housing including a memory device, at least one processor device, a transceiver that is configured to communicate with a remote computing device, a latch that, in a secured configuration, secures the housing to the strap, and a lock that is configured to mechanically lock the latch in the secured configuration, the machine implemented process comprising:
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responsive to initially securing the band by securing the housing to the strap, determining an initial resistance value of an electrical circuit formed by the strap and circuitry within the housing; storing, in the memory device, at least one operational resistance value based on the determined initial resistance value; machine-locking the latch in the secured configuration based on the determined resistance value; thereafter machine-monitoring resistance of the circuit; machine-determining if the monitored resistance is outside of a resistance range that is based on the at least one operational resistance value; and machine-transmitting a message via the transceiver to the remote computing device if the monitored resistance is determined to be outside of the resistance range. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A band control system comprising:
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a band including; a band transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device, using short range radio transmissions, a remote unlock request; and an electronic lock system that, responsive to receipt of a granted unlock request electronic data message, unlocks the band; the mobile device including; a short range communication transceiver configured to communicate with the band transceiver and receive the remote unlock request from the band; a wireless transceiver, which has a longer range than that of the band transceiver, configured to relay the remote unlock request to a remote computing node; and the remote computing node including at least one processor circuit configured to; receive the remote unlock request from the mobile device; attempt to authenticate the remote unlock request; based on the authentication, transmit, via a transceiver of the remote computing node, a granted unlock request message to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to relay, via the short range communication transceiver, the granted unlock request message to the band.
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