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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ira L. Allen, Dallas, TX (US);
Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);
Lawrence A. Clevenger, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A delivery device includes a circuit for receiving an authentication signal. The delivery device contains a substance encapsulated therein. The delivery device determines whether a user is authenticated based upon the authentication signal and an identifier stored within the delivery device. The delivery device heats, responsive to determining that the user is not authenticated within a predetermined time period after the delivery device being ingested by the user, the substance encapsulated within the delivery device.