Patent ID: 8643487

Claim:
An electronic security system, comprising: a secured enclosure including a safe or a vending machine; an electronic detection circuit for detecting authorized and unauthorized access events; a closure having a storage area for containing an item to be protected, the closure being movable to an open position for accessing the item and a closed position in which the item contained in the closure is not accessible; a first detector limited in distance and in direction configured to detect an item within substantially less than the storage area of the closure, the first detector detecting an identification value of the item as the item is being positioned and secured in a select area of the closure, and storing in a memory a first record comprising the identification value of the item being protected in the closure while the closure is in the closed position; a second detector configured to detect authorized and unauthorized accessing of the closure and storing in a memory a second record, after the storing of the first record, the second record comprising an identification code associated with one of either the authorized or the unauthorized closure access event; a data storage and communication device comprising an identification number and one of either the first or the second record, configured to perform, at least in part, a network communication operation between a plurality of communication devices comprising at least one of either the first record and the second record, and a signal produced in a first location to initiate transfer of one of either the first record or the second record between the data storage and communication device in the first location and a communication device or a database in a second location, wherein the transfer includes a value corresponding to a time or date associated with one of either the first record or second record to the database; a processor located remote to the secured enclosure and employing an operating system for operating a plurality of tasks, wherein at least one task is a software program for record data management; a database pointer comprising a database path identification; and a database selected via the database path identification, said database comprising item identification values and access identification codes; wherein the software program includes computer-executable instructions for performing, at least in part, a data transfer operation, said operation comprising the steps of: selecting the database via the database path identification and communicating at least one of the first record and the second record with the database; identifying a record stored in the database associated with an unauthorized access event; and transmitting one of either an email or a text message containing the identification parameter of a lock or a closure or an item that was subject to the unauthorized access event to a device remote to the secured enclosure.