| CPC G06K 19/07798 (2013.01) | 14 Claims |
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1. A package comprising:
a container having a cavity;
closing means that can adopt, with the container, a closed configuration in which the closing means prevent access to the cavity, or an open configuration in which the closing means allow access to the cavity;
a seal guaranteeing that the package is maintained in its closed configuration; in which the seal comprises:
a part that is irreversibly degradable when the package switches from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
a radio identification electronic chip;
first communication means comprising an antenna, the first communication means being coupled to the electronic chip and extending at least partially into the degradable part of the seal;
wherein the package incorporates an electronic unit separate from the seal, the electronic unit being housed in a wall, or a bottom, or a cover of the container, the electronic unit comprising:
a transceiver configured to periodically send a radio request capable of being picked up by the antenna then transmitted to the electronic chip, and to receive a return signal produced by the electronic chip in response to the radio request then transmitted by the antenna, the electronic unit being configured to detect an absence of return signal;
second communication means configured to emit, in the absence of a return signal, an alert signal to a remote receiver; and in that each of the container and the closing means has a member for receiving the seal, the two receiving members being in close proximity to each other in the closed configuration of the package, the seal being intended to be coupled to each of the receiving members in the closed configuration of the package.
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