Patent ID: 9460612
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G08B,H04B

Claim Text:
1. A band adapted for affixation around a human extremity, said band comprising: a housing that includes a first housing element and a second housing element; a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one remote computing node; a latch disposed in the housing and configured to move between at least an unsecured position and a secured position, in the unsecured position the first and second housing elements being movable with respect to each other, in the secured position the first and second housing elements being restrained from movement with respect to each other; a blocking member disposed in the housing and controllably moveable between at least a first position and a second position, the blocking member being moveable to the first position when the latch is in the secured position to obstruct movement of the latch to the unsecured position; an electric motor disposed in the housing and configured to move the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position, electric motor is configured to rotate the blocking member from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position; and data processing circuitry coupled to the wireless transceiver and to the electronic motor, the data processing circuitry being configured: