US 12,287,869 B2
Secure environment public register (SEPR)
Robert William Kocher, McLean, VA (US); Douglas Earl Dyer, Herndon, VA (US); and John Shelly Bowling, II, Reston, VA (US)
Assigned to P4 X Group Inc., Miami, FL (US)
Filed by P4 X Group Inc., Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/933,392.
Application 18/933,392 is a continuation of application No. 18/376,776, filed on Oct. 4, 2023.
Application 18/376,776 is a continuation of application No. 17/986,037, filed on Nov. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,797,666, issued on Oct. 24, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,012, filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0061189 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/53 (2013.01) [G07B 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a physically secure environment configured to receive precious metal thereto and release the precious metal therefrom; and
a precious metal registration system configured to record
precious metal identification information,
physically secure location information of precious metal, and
certification information and de-processing information of precious metal;
the system further configured to receive precious metal into the physically secure environment by
inspecting, within the physically secure environment, a quality of the received precious metal,
processing, within the physically secure environment, the precious metal into a standard uniform characteristic, and
certifying, within the physically secure environment, a quality value of the processed precious metal, and
registering the certified precious metal in the standard uniform characteristic in the precious metal registration system by
providing a registration indicia on one of the registered precious metal or a container containing the registered precious metal, and
entering a corresponding registration record including the precious metal identification information and certification information in a precious metal registration database of the precious metal registration system; and
the system further configured to release registered precious metal of the standard uniform characteristic from the physically secure environment.