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Abstract

The System includes an Alarm Unit and a separate Alert Unit. The Alarm Unit is securely affixed to the parcel before the parcel is left at the delivery site, and the Alert Unit is placed at a secure site that is within radio range of the delivery site. The Alarm Unit is armed by the deliveryman upon depositing the parcel at the delivery site, and arming of the Alarm Unit results in the transmission of messages verifying to the seller or delivery agent that delivery has taken place and notifying the purchaser or intended recipient that the parcel has arrived. Movement of the parcel after it has been deposited at the delivery site and has been armed results in messages being transmitted to the shipping agent and to the intended recipient announcing that the parcel has been stolen. Such unauthorized movement of the parcel also activates a very loud audible alarm affixed to the parcel and activates a tracking beacon in or on the parcel, permitting the whereabouts of the parcel to be determined or tracked. The intended recipient of the parcel, after being notified of its delivery can disarm the Alarm Unit by inserting a secret number into a keypad on the Alarm Unit and then pressing a disarm button. Upon being disarmed, the Alarm Unit generates a signal that causes the Alert Unit to notify the seller and the delivery agent that an authorized person has taken possession of the parcel, thereby verifying receipt.

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