Radio frequency personnel alerting security system and method
First Claim
1. A method of reducing security risks in an area where there is an operating environment where a person or persons is or are present during operating time periods and there is at least one security sensitive item which has a non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation for the operating time periods and/or other time periods where the non-secured location and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is an acceptable security risk, and which has a secured location or locations and/or a secured situation for non-operating time periods and/or other periods where the non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is not an acceptable security risk, said method comprising:
- a) providing said security sensitive item with a related interrogation responsive RFID member attached or otherwise associated with the security sensitive item so as to be in close proximity thereto, or so as to have an operative connection or association with said item so as to be responsive or related to the secured and/or non-secured location or locations and/or situation of the security sensitive item;
b) interrogating said RFID member at least during the non-operating periods or other periods where the security sensitive item in the non-secured location or locations and/or situation is not an acceptable security risk or in response to a triggering event where the security sensitive item would be desired or expected to be in its said secured location or locations and/or situation;
c) arranging the secured location or locations and/or situation so that with the security sensitive item and its related RFID member in the secured location or locations and/or situation either a lack of a response from the related RFID member or a response or responses of a certain character would indicate that the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation;
d) in a situation where the interrogating of the RFID member does not result in said lack of response that would indicate the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation or does not result in said lack of a response or responses of a character that indicates the security sensitive item is in the secured location and/or secured configuration, generating a communication(s) and/or generating an occurrences(s) designed and/or arranged to result in a remedial step or steps to accomplish having the security sensitive item in said secured location or locations and/or secured situation and/or initiating some other remedial course of action.
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Abstract
A system for reducing security risks in, for example, an enclosed area where there are documents, computer discs, and other items which may contain security sensitive information. Each security sensitive item has an RFID tag attached thereto, and during non-working hours these items are placed in locked file cabinets, a safe or a vault. The area is periodically interrogated by an RF interrogator to ascertain whether the items are in their locked secured position or are in an open area.
57 Citations
37 Claims
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1. A method of reducing security risks in an area where there is an operating environment where a person or persons is or are present during operating time periods and there is at least one security sensitive item which has a non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation for the operating time periods and/or other time periods where the non-secured location and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is an acceptable security risk, and which has a secured location or locations and/or a secured situation for non-operating time periods and/or other periods where the non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is not an acceptable security risk, said method comprising:
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a) providing said security sensitive item with a related interrogation responsive RFID member attached or otherwise associated with the security sensitive item so as to be in close proximity thereto, or so as to have an operative connection or association with said item so as to be responsive or related to the secured and/or non-secured location or locations and/or situation of the security sensitive item;
b) interrogating said RFID member at least during the non-operating periods or other periods where the security sensitive item in the non-secured location or locations and/or situation is not an acceptable security risk or in response to a triggering event where the security sensitive item would be desired or expected to be in its said secured location or locations and/or situation;
c) arranging the secured location or locations and/or situation so that with the security sensitive item and its related RFID member in the secured location or locations and/or situation either a lack of a response from the related RFID member or a response or responses of a certain character would indicate that the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation;
d) in a situation where the interrogating of the RFID member does not result in said lack of response that would indicate the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation or does not result in said lack of a response or responses of a character that indicates the security sensitive item is in the secured location and/or secured configuration, generating a communication(s) and/or generating an occurrences(s) designed and/or arranged to result in a remedial step or steps to accomplish having the security sensitive item in said secured location or locations and/or secured situation and/or initiating some other remedial course of action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 32, 34, 37)
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18. A method of reducing security risks area where there is at least one security sensitive item which has a secured location and/or secured situation and has a non-secured location and/or a non-secured situation, said method comprising:
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a) providing said security sensitive item with an interrogation responsive RFID member attached or otherwise associated with the security sensitive item so as to be in close proximity thereto, or so as to have an operative connection or association with said item to be responsive or related to the secured and/or non-secured location and/or situation of the security sensitive item;
b) interrogating said RFID member in response to a triggering event or in a time period where the item would be desired or expected to be in its said at least one secured location and/or situation in a manner that either a lack of a response would indicate the security sensitive item is in a secured location or situation or a response or responses of a certain character would indicate that the security sensitive item is in at least one of said secured location and/or secured situation;
c) in a situation where the interrogating of the RFID member in said time period or in response to said triggering event does not result in said lack of response that would indicate the security sensitive item is in the secured location and/or situation or result in said lack of response or responses of a character that the security sensitive item is in the secured location and/or secured situation, generating a communication(s) and/or generating occurrences(s) designed and/or arranged to in turn result in a remedial step or steps to accomplish having the security sensitive item in said secured location and/or secured situation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for reducing security risks in an area where there is an operating environment where a person or persons is or are present during operating time periods and there is at least one security sensitive item which has a non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation for the operating time periods and/or other time periods where the non-secured location and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is an acceptable security risk, and which has a secured location or locations and/or a secured situation for non-operating time periods and/or other periods where the non-secured location or locations and/or non-secured situation of the security sensitive item is not an acceptable security risk, said system comprising:
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a) said security sensitive item being provided with a related interrogation responsive RFID member attached or otherwise associated with the security sensitive item so as to be in close proximity thereto, or so as to have an operative connection or association with said item so as to be responsive or related to the secured and/or non-secured location or locations and/or situation of the security sensitive item;
b) a control/interrogating apparatus to interrogate said RFID member at least during the non-operating periods or other periods where the security sensitive item in the non-secured location or locations and/or situation is not an acceptable security risk or in response to a triggering event where the security sensitive item would be desired or expected to be in its said secured location or locations and/or situation;
c) the secured location or locations and/or situation being arranged so that with the security sensitive item and its related RFID member in the secured location or locations and/or situation either a lack of a response from the related RFID member or a response or responses of a certain character would indicate that the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation;
d) said control/interrogating apparatus being arranged so that in a situation where the interrogating of the RFID member does not result in said lack of response that would indicate the security sensitive item is in the secured location or locations and/or secured situation or does not result in said lack of a response or responses of a character that indicates the security sensitive item is in the secured location and/or secured configuration, there is generated a communication(s) and/or an occurrences(s) designed and/or arranged to result in a remedial step or steps to accomplish having the security sensitive item in said secured location or locations and/or secured situation and/or initiating some other remedial course of action. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36)
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