Apparatus enabling secure wireless access to an enclosure

US9811958B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• David R. Hall · Provo, US
• Mark D. Hall · Austin, US
• Craig Boswell · Draper, US
• Joe Fox · Spanish Fork, US
• Corey Webb · Spanish Fork, US
• Jedediah Knight · Provo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for more efficiently enabling secure access to an enclosure is described herein. The apparatus may include a wireless transmitter in a selectably opaque container, a wireless transceiver, a GPS receiver, an NFC transmitter and/or receiver, one or more hardware processors, and hardware memory. The hardware memory stores instructions for receiving a current location of the apparatus and comparing that location to a delivery address of the enclosure. As the location is within a certain range of the delivery address the apparatus sends a request to a cloud-based server for a hash digest masking an acceptable input for an access control mechanism associated with the enclosure. The apparatus receives the hash digest and forwards it to the access control mechanism via the wireless transmitter. Computer executable code for handling such tasks, and a cloud-based server for generating the hash digest, are also described herein.