Patent ID: 9456302
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C,G08G,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for securely binding an asset to a human using computing intermediaries including a handheld computing device comprising a processor and a handheld communications device, the apparatus comprising: an asset computing device structured to be tamper-resistantly affixed to the asset, the asset computing device including an asset communications device and a processor disposed and structured to receive signals from at least one sensor; and non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the handheld computing device processor, provides a trust engine that securely binds a human with the handheld computing device using multi-factor authentication including biometrics; the asset computing device securely binding with the handheld computing device using at least one of a wired link and a wireless link between the asset communications device and the handheld communications device; the secure binding between the human and the handheld computing device and the secure binding between the asset computing device and the handheld computing device securely establishing and maintaining a trusted chain of custody association between the human and the asset.