Patent ID: 7123143

Claim:
A wireless signature management system comprising: (a) a base unit comprising a base controller and a wireless base transceiver, the base unit further comprising a base alarm circuit interfaced to the base controller; (b) a remote unit comprising: (i) a remote controller; (ii) a wireless remote transceiver, the respective transceivers being operative for bidirectional communication between the base controller and the remote controller within a predetermined distance; (iii) a signature tablet for receiving a handwritten signature from a user; (iv) means for temporarily storing signature data corresponding to the signature in one or both of the remote controller and the signature tablet; and (v) a remote alarm circuit interfaced to the remote controller; (c) the base controller being operative for activating the base alarm circuit in response to a defined interruption of communication from the remote unit; (d) means for communicating the signature data from the remote unit to the base unit; and (e) the remote controller being operative for activating the remote alarm circuit in response to a defined interruption of communication from the base unit.