Patent ID: 7656272

Claim:
A keyless management system for automating selective access to a lockable device, said system comprising: a command kiosk providing a means to remotely manage a lockable device, wherein said command kiosk comprises: a touch screen personal computer having a processor executing one or more algorithms operable for identifying a user, authorizing a predetermined level of command control based upon the identity of the user, receiving a command from the user to provide access to the lockable device to the user and a third party, generating and translating the command into a form that may be received by a remote device, where there is at least one remote device; a radio frequency transceiver; a biometric scanner for logging the user on to the computer; a keyless management system software application with a database program, wherein the application provides a listing and a current status of each lockable device controlled by the command kiosk; and a communications channel operable for communicating the translated command to the remote device; and a security assembly that is the remote device, where the remote device is proximate to the lockable device and provides a means to lock or unlock the lockable device, where said security assembly comprises: a controller having a unique address, that has one or more algorithms for translating the communicated command and implementing the translated command; an actuation mechanism actuated by the translated command, wherein the actuation mechanism is a solenoid that actuates a latch bar; one or more switches for detecting if the status of the actuation mechanism is positively locked or positively unlocked or if the status is in an alert condition or otherwise; one or more reporting algorithms for translating the status into a form that may be received by the command kiosk; a radio frequency transceiver; a housing for mounting and protecting the security assembly; and a communications channel operable for communicating the translated status to the command kiosk; wherein the lockable device is a tray with a lockable lid disposed over a top of the tray, wherein file tray has a slot that receives the cam and the locking lid has a keyed cam lock, wherein the cam comprises a custom cam that is shortened so that it is too short to engage the slot and it is offset below the slot such that when the latch bar is in the locked position, the latch bar projects through the slot and overlaps the custom cam.