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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Mary Kathryn Savage, Hoover, AL (US);
Kameron Rose Hurst, Sonora, CA (US);
Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); F16B 39/04 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); F16B 39/04 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first member, a second member configured for coupling with the first member, an authentication module integrated into one of the first or second member, and a locking device operable to lock the second member to the first member, and unlock the second member from the first member upon receiving input from the authentication module. The authentication module is operable to authenticate an unlock request received from an external source.