US12687359 - Systems and techniques for managing a fleet of user-authenticated guns
The patent describes a system for managing user-authenticated firearms, allowing an authorized administrator to configure guns for specific users via a digital interface. This system generates configuration messages that enable selected users to operate designated guns while preventing access to others.
Claim 1
1 . A method of remotely configuring guns such that the guns are operable for select users, the method comprising: determining, by matching first query data to first enrollment data, that an administrator is authorized to configure the guns; generating, in response to the determining that the administrator is authorized to configure the guns, a user interface including multiple digital assets, wherein each digital asset of the multiple digital assets represents a respective human user; collecting, via the user interface, user input from the administrator indicating that (i) a first human user, represented by a first digital asset of the multiple digital assets, is selected as an authorized operator of a first gun and (ii) a second human user, represented by a second digital asset of the multiple digital assets, is selected as an authorized operator of a second gun; retrieving, from a data store and in response to the user input, second enrollment data that is associated with the first human user and third enrollment data that is associated with the second human user; generating, in response to the user input, a first configuration message designed to configure the first gun to allow the first human user to operate the first gun, wherein the first configuration message includes the second enrollment data; generating, in response to the user input, a second configuration message designed to configure the second gun to allow the second human user to operate the second gun, wherein the second configuration message includes the third enrollment data; transmitting the first configuration message to the first gun, wherein the first configuration message is designed to configure the first gun to allow the first human user to operate the first gun and prevent other human users from operating the first gun; and transmitting the second configuration message to the second gun, wherein the second configuration message is designed to configure the second gun to allow the second human user to operate the second gun and prevent other human users from operating the second gun. determining, by matching first query data to first enrollment data, that an administrator is authorized to configure the guns; generating, in response to the determining that the administrator is authorized to configure the guns, a user interface including multiple digital assets, wherein each digital asset of the multiple digital assets represents a respective human user; collecting, via the user interface, user input from the administrator indicating that (i) a first human user, represented by a first digital asset of the multiple digital assets, is selected as an authorized operator of a first gun and (ii) a second human user, represented by a second digital asset of the multiple digital assets, is selected as an authorized operator of a second gun; retrieving, from a data store and in response to the user input, second enrollment data that is associated with the first human user and third enrollment data that is associated with the second human user; generating, in response to the user input, a first configuration message designed to configure the first gun to allow the first human user to operate the first gun, wherein the first configuration message includes the second enrollment data; generating, in response to the user input, a second configuration message designed to configure the second gun to allow the second human user to operate the second gun, wherein the second configuration message includes the third enrollment data; transmitting the first configuration message to the first gun, wherein the first configuration message is designed to configure the first gun to allow the first human user to operate the first gun and prevent other human users from operating the first gun; and transmitting the second configuration message to the second gun, wherein the second configuration message is designed to configure the second gun to allow the second human user to operate the second gun and prevent other human users from operating the second gun.
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