Patent ID: 9311767
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An interactive system for storing, securing, and retrieving products, comprising: a shelving device having a plurality of slots; one or more storage boxes adapted to be inserted into any of said slots, wherein each of the storage boxes has a unique ID, and each of the storage boxes contains a product associated with a unique product ID; a processor configured to associate the unique ID of the storage box with the unique product ID, to associate the unique ID of the storage box with a slot location after a sensor detected that the storage box is fully inserted in one of the slots, and to release the storage box from the interactive system for further use by disassociating the unique ID of the storage box with the unique product ID, and disassociating the unique ID of the storage box with the slot location after the product of the storage box is removed; at least one ID reader configured to read the unique product ID and automatically unlock the storage box that contains the product associated with the unique product ID; and at least one lock configured to lock the storage box when the storage box is fully inserted into one of the slots.