ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,641, issued on June 24, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for activating lockbox when authenticating device is in range" was invented by Rakesh Aity (Telangana, India), Naga Santosh Ranjith Kumar Gowd Kota (Telangana, India), Satya Dinesh Munjuluri (Telangana, India), Sanjeevareddy Neelam (Telangana, India) and Nitheesha Vallurupalli (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for activating a lockbox when authenticating device is in range. One or more data packets are received from a plurality of first devices at a sensor unit. A valid data packet is determi...