GB2543612A - System for controlling access to goods under chiralkine contracts - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for controlling access to a good 5 that is a subject of a chiralkine contract 15 between a seller 6 and a buyer 7 of said good, which comprises a lockable container 8 and an electronic lock 9 under the control of a chiralkine system, wherein a key to open the lock is provided when the contract is closed or cancelled. The system includes a means for communicating between the control system 10 and electronic lock, and means for communicating with the purchaser and vendor, via an information transmission network 11, 12. The key may be in the form of a code, a key card, or a bar code, and may be transmitted via a contactless device such as a smartphone 13, 14, or via an input means 17 such as a key pad or scanner. In the preferred embodiment the lockable container is a locker. In other embodiments the lockable container may be a shipping container or may be within a self-propelled vehicle capable of transporting a good between a seller and a buyer, such as a drone.

Description

System for controlling access to goods under chiralkine contracts

The present invention relates to a system for controlling access to a good. More particularly it relates to a system for controlling access to a good undergoing transfer from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract, to a method for controlling transfer of a good from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract, to a lockable container for use in said system and to a self-propelled vehicle comprising such a lockable container.

Chiralkine systems and apparatuses useful in the exchange of goods and services in a chiralkine system are disclosed in international patent applications publication numbers WO12/069776 and WO 12/174576. Such apparatuses include vending machines, cash machines, cash registers and bank cards adapted to handle transactions in left and right handed money. Cash operated vending machines are configured to receive cash in right handed form and dispense goods with cash in left handed form

In a financial system, ownership of goods and services is transferred by exchanging the good or service for money, which is imagined to embody a store of value. In a chiralkine system, ownership of goods and services is transferred by exchanging the good or service together with left handed money for right handed money, neither form of which can embody a store of value. The transfer can only take place in one step if the buyer and seller respectively have sufficient right and left handed money to exchange. If either or both of them lacks sufficient of the required form of money, then the deficit and an equal amount of the other form must be created under a chiralkine contract. Exchange of goods and services is thus performed in cycles through chiralkine contracts the performance of which is controlled mathematically through the creation, exchange and redemption of left and right handed money.

Apparatuses useful in the exchange of goods and services in a financial system are well known, for example vending machines, cash registers, ATM machines, money boxes, card readers, chip-and-pin cards, etc. For example British patent specification number GB 2515288 discloses a computerised money box and banking system. The moneybox is in direct electronic communication with a bank and is adapted to receive money in the form of cash or digital form. British patent specification number GB2461053 discloses a cash dispensing apparatus having two independently lockable cash compartments, said apparatus being configured to send data to an accounting system responsive to a cash withdrawal operation by a recipient and including an indication of the compartment used to satisfy the cash withdrawal operation.

Conventional systems code information about relationships in complementary pairs of numbers, one for each side of a relationship. Each number is composed of two ordered polarities (±1 ±i, eg., +1 +i; +1 -i; -1 +i and -1 -i) that together function as a unitary number which is a signed integer +1 or -1 when the two components are of opposite polarity (antisymmetric) and is 0 when they are of the same polarity (symmetric). Thus there are three, not four possible unitary numbers (+1, -1 and 0). Changes in the state of a relationship are coded as interactions between the two unitary numbers representing the two sides of the relationship. If the two unitary numbers are +1 or -1, then each side of the relationship after the interaction is represented by 0. When the numbers representing both sides of a relationship become 0, the code loses memory, because each 0 can have been derived from +1 or -1. Thus when two parties A and B enter into a relationship represented by +1 and -1 respectively and one of those parties A interacts with a third party C that changes the state of A to 0, then the system loses track of the fact that A and B were jointly responsible for placing B in state -1. There are no consequences for a seller who transfers the ownership of something to a buyer (for example real estate) at an overinflated price when a bank creates the money used to finance the transaction.

Chiralkine systems code information about relationship states in complementary pairs of chiralkine numbers, one for each side of the relationship. Each chiralkine number is composed of four ordered polarities (±1 ±i ±j ±k, e.g., +1 +i -j -k) that together function as a unitary quaternion (+i, -i, +j, -j, +k or -k). (See Terry Marks-Tarlow, Martin A. Hay and Herb Klitzner: “Quaternions, Chirality, Exchange Interactions: ANew Tool for Neuroscience?”: Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 1. October, 2015 and United States patent application, publication number US2016/0199725).

The components can represent what form of money is owned (+) or not (-) and owed (+) or not (-) under a chiralkine contract: owned right, owned left, owed right, owed left. For example, when one right unit is owned and one left unit is owed the chiralkine number representing this state is +1 -i -j +k (unitary quaternion -j): own right, not own left, not owe right, owe left.

There are six chiralkine numbers corresponding with the six possible ways in which four ordered polarities can be arranged. Changes in the state of a relationship are coded as exchange interactions between the two chiralkine numbers representing the two sides of the relationship. These changes correspond with complementary polarity inversions in the chiralkine numbers. For example, the chiralkine numbers +1 -i -j +k and -1 +i +j -k, which correspond with the unitary quaternions -j and +j, can undergo an exchange interaction that changes them to -1 +i -j +k and +1 -i +j -k respectively. This exchange interaction corresponds with multiplying each component by +k. After exchanging the owned right unit for an owned left unit, the chiralkine number representing the state in the left column is -1 +i -j +k (unitary quaternion i): not own right, own left, not owe right, owe left. That representing the state in the right column is +1 -i +j -k (unitary quaternion -i): own right, not own left, owe left, not owe right.

The quaternion mathematics underlying chiralkine numbers couples together the steps of exchange in cycles. An example is shown below in Figure 7 for the stepwise transfer of ownership of bread from a seller to a buyer under a contract through single step transfers of peas and oranges, the seller of the peas and purchaser of the oranges being already in chiralkine contracts and thus having the required units of left and right handed money respectively.

The code retains a memory, because the numbers representing both sides of a relationship can never become the same.

When a seller transfers the ownership of something to a buyer under a chiralkine contract, the ownership belongs neither with the buyer nor with the seller until each has completed their side of the contract so that the contract can be closed, with ownership transferring to the buyer, or neither has performed any part of their side of the contract, so that the contract can be cancelled, with ownership reverting to the seller. (The ownership of a good under a chiralkine contract is like two spinning coins one of which will land heads up and the other heads down). In either case, the buyer and seller will have exchanged in balance with everyone else.

While the ownership of a good is being transferred under a chiralkine contract, the good should not be used or consumed by either the seller or the buyer, because its final ownership is uncertain, depending on whether or not the chiralkine contract is closed or cancelled. It is like a good located in a factory, in a wholesale or retail store or in transit from producer to consumer. A system has now been found that enables access to a good undergoing transfer from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract to be controlled in accordance with the contract.

The present invention provides a system for controlling access to a good that is a subject of a chiralkine contract between a seller and a buyer of said good, which comprises a lockable container configured for receiving a good, an electronic lock configured for locking said good in said container and being opened with a key, a control system for said electronic lock; means for communicating between said control system and said electronic lock through an information transmission network; and means for communicating between said control system and said seller and said buyer through an information transmission network, said control system comprising an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts and means for issuing a key for said electronic lock either to said buyer or to said seller when said chiralkine contract is closed or cancelled by said buyer and said seller.

The invention eliminates the need to use a currency (cash, electronic or digital) as a means of exchange in an economy. It replaces apparatuses and organisations for securely storing currency, including safes, money boxes and banks with lockable containers provided with electronic locks that store real goods. It disintermediates exchange. It enables an economy to be controlled and public services to be resourced based on the production and exchange of real goods and services. It enables individuals, organisations, countries and governments to exchange real goods and services without some participants being privileged over others, as happens when money and debt are created.

The good can be, for example, an industrial product. Examples of industrial products include commodities such as crude oil, refined petroleum products such as gasoline or kerosene, coal, metals such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium, aluminium, tin, lead, nickel or copper, soybeans, oats, wheat, com, rice, barley, coffee, cotton, tea,sugar or timber; chemicals, such as fertilisers, pesticides, solvents, detergents, soaps, waxes or chemical compounds; electronics goods such as televisions, computers, tablets, smart phones, computer game controllers, washing machines, dishwashers, cookers, microwave ovens, blenders, food processors, toasters, kettles, lights or light bulbs; tools such as spades, forks, hammers, screwdrivers, scissors, clippers, knives and spoons; automotive vehicles such as a car, van, bicycle, motorbike, lorry, truck, tractor, digger, quadbike, crane, tank, bulldozer, railway engine, railway carriage, railway tmck, boat, ship, aircraft or spacecraft; furniture such as tables, chairs, beds, cupboards, bookcases or sofas; perfumes; books; clothing such as shoes, trainers, socks, trousers, dresses, shirts, shorts and sweaters; food or drink such as pasta, refined sugar, whisky, wine, brandy, beer, vodka or gin. The good can be enclosed in a package. The package can be marked with a trademark. The package can be marked with a bar code.

It will be appreciated that when the system is used to transfer the ownership of industrial products under chiralkine contracts, producers and consumers can exchange services in one step by exchanging right and left handed money created under the chiralkine contacts. The exchange of goods and services is thus driven by the motive force of consumers to complete contracts for the purchase of industrial goods. The goods retained in the system are a real store of value.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a keypad configured to receive a key code and means for communicating receipt of said key code to said electronic lock. The keypad can be, for example, a touch sensitive plasma screen.

In another embodiment, the system further comprises a biometric scanner, for example a fingerprint scanner, retinal scanner, iris scanner or voiceprint scanner.

In another embodiment the system further comprises a card reader configured to receive a key card and means for communicating receipt of said key card to said electronic lock.

In another embodiment the system further comprises means for receiving a key code from a contactless device. The contactless device can be, for example, a smart phone.

In another embodiment the system further comprises a bar code reader for receiving a key code in the form of a bar code.

In another embodiment the container is a locker.

The locker can be associated with a residential or business address.

The locker can be secured in a locker room. In one embodiment the system can comprise a plurality of lockers secured in a locker room. The plurality of lockers can be located at a drop-off point, for example a point provided with parking for vehicles. Examples of drop-off points are those provided by providers of mail and courier services, for example UPS, DHL, FedEx, Royal Mail and the like.

In another embodiment, the container is a shipping container.

In yet another embodiment the container is comprised within a self-propelled vehicle. The vehicle can be, for example, a car, van, lorry, truck, boat, ship, railway wagon, aircraft, submarine, spacecraft or drone.

In another embodiment, the container is configured to receive a good in a fluid state and comprises a valve, said electronic lock being configured to control said valve. The good in a fluid state can be, for example, mineral oil, gasoline, kerosene, vegetable oil, milk, molasses, perfume, fruit juice, vinegar, wine, whisky, brandy, pesticide, etc.

In another embodiment, the system further comprises means for detecting the presence of a good.

Such a means can be, for example, a video camera.

In another embodiment, the system further comprises a bar code reader for identifying a good provided with a bar code. The bar code can be a linear or a 2D (matrix) bar code.

In another embodiment, the system further comprises scales for weighing a good.

In another embodiment, the system comprises a GPS device for identifying the location of the container.

The apparatus can further comprise a display screen such as a plasma screen. In one embodiment the plasma screen is touch sensitive and so, for example, can function as a keypad.

The container can further comprise a window, for example of toughened glass or plastic, through which the contents of the container can be inspected.

In another embodiment the container is provided with a service hatch and the electronic lock is a mobile robot capable of receiving a good at the service hatch, taking it to a particular location within the container and, when activated by the key, retrieving the good and returning it to the service hatch.

Each means for communicating through an information transmission network can be wireless or wire based.

Technology for issuing and scanning bar codes is well known. It is used extensively in the air travel industry to control the issue and scanning of boarding cards.

According to another aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling the transfer of a good from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract, which comprises recording the terms of a chiralkine contract between a seller and buyer to transfer a good in an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts; placing said good in a lockable container and locking said container with an electronic lock, identifying when said contract between said seller and said buyer has been closed or cancelled, and issuing a key for the electronic lock either to the seller or to the buyer. A description of the good that can be used to identify it can be linked to the contract through the register. The description can comprise, for example, what the good is, what dimensions it has, what weight it has, what colour it is or what unique identifying feature it has, for example a bar code. In one embodiment, a bar code may be generated when the contract is created and provided to the seller to be affixed to the good.

The lockable container can be any as described hereinabove.

In one embodiment the identity of the good is verified before the container is locked, to confirm that it is the good specified in the contract. The verification can be made by a human or a machine, for example by a human who is an independent third party or a machine under the control of an independent third party. The identity of the good can be verified, for example, by visual inspection, by weighing or by scanning, for example to detect a bar code linked to the contract.

If a contract is closed, with the buyer and the seller presenting all right and left handed money created under the contract for redemption, the ownership of the good has been transferred to the buyer. A key is therefore issued to the buyer.

If a contract is cancelled, with the buyer and the seller presenting all right and left handed money created under the contract for redemption, then the ownership of the good reverts to the seller. A key is therefore issued to the seller.

If a contract is cancelled in default, with the buyer and the seller unable to present all the right and left handed money created under the contract for redemption, then the key may be issued to the buyer or to the seller depending upon the amount of value in the good that has been transferred from the buyer to the seller through the exchange of left handed money for right handed money. The contract can be part of a transaction for the transfer of the good in which the buyer and seller have exchanged left and right handed money in addition to creating new left and right handed money under the contract.

The key can be issued to the buyer or seller in the form of, for example, a key code or a key card. It can be issued through an information transmission network such as the web or a mobile telephone system. Accordingly it can be received by a device such as a computer, a tablet or a smart phone. For example the key can be displayed on a smart phone as a bar code that can be read by a bar code reader.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a lockable container configured for receiving a good, said container being provided with an electronic lock under the control of a chiralkine system, said lock being configured for locking said good in said container and being opened with a key provided by said chiralkine system.

In one embodiment, the good is an industrial product as described hereinabove and said industrial product is locked within said container. For example, the industrial product is enclosed in a package as described above. The package can be marked with a trademark or a bar code.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a self-propelled vehicle comprising a lockable container as defined hereinabove. The self-propelled vehicle can be as described hereinabove. For example, it can be a drone.

Examples of specific embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows three tokens (2, 4, 3) marked i, j and k arranged in order along a strip (1) capable of being given a half-twist to form a Mobius strip.

Figure 2 shows a cycle through the two faces of three tokens arranged in a Mobius strip as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows how a seller and buyer cycle through the six states of a chiralkine system keeping on different local sides of a (one-sided) Mobius strip.

Figure 4 shows a dashboard for chiralkine system, which provides a user with information about the state of all the contracts the user is in as a seller and as a buyer.

Figure 5 shows a system for controlling access to a good that is a subject of a chiralkine contract between a seller and a buyer of said good.

Figure 6 shows an example of an exchange interaction between unitary quaternion states as described hereinabove.

Figure 7 shows an example of the transfer of bread from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract coupled to the transfer of peas to the seller and transfer of oranges from the buyer.

Referring to Figure 1, each token has one side facing the viewer and one side facing away from the viewer. The two faces of each token can be distinguished as + and -. When the strip is given a half twist, the two ends can be joined to form a Mobius strip. A Mobius strip has two sides locally, but one side globally. As the Mobius strip is rotated, the faces of the tokens come successively into view. One full 360 degree rotation of the Mobius strip cycles through one face of each token. Two full 360 degree rotations (720 degrees altogether) cycles through both faces of each token.

Figure 2 shows a cycle through the two faces of three tokens arranged in a Mobius strip as described above with reference to Figure 1. The faces alternate positive and negative. There are two routes to get from one face of a token (e.g. +k) to its opposite face (e.g. -k), one directly by crossing the Mobius strip from one local side to the other, and the other by rotating the Mobius strip stepwise through the token faces.

Figure 3 shows how a seller and buyer cycle through the six states of a chiralkine system keeping on different local sides of a Mobius strip. The seller starts in state +k and cycles through -j and +i to -k. The buyer starts at state -k and cycles through states +j and -i to +k.

Figure 4 shows a dashboard for chiralkine system, which provides a user with information about the state of all the contracts the user is in as a seller and as a buyer. A seller cycles from state +k (- - + +) through states -j (+ - - +) and +i (- + - +) to state -k (+ + - -). A buyer cycles from state -k (+ + - -) through states +j (- + + -) and -i (+ - + -) to state +k (- - + +).

Figure 5 shows a system for controlling access to a good (5) that is a subject of a chiralkine contract between a seller (6) and a buyer (7) of said good. The system comprises a lockable container (8) configured for receiving a good, an electronic lock (9) configured for locking said good in said container and being opened with a key, a control system for said electronic lock (10); means for communicating between said control system and said electronic lock through an information transmission network (11 and 12); and means for communicating between said control system and said seller and said buyer through an information transmission network (11, 13, 14). The control system comprises an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts (15) and means for issuing a key for said electronic lock either to said buyer or to said seller when said chiralkine contract is closed or cancelled by said buyer and said seller (16). The container is provided with an electronic keyhole (17), for example a keypad or a bar-reader capable of reading a barcode displayed on a smart phone (13 or 14).

Referring to Figure 5, you (reader) and I (writer) are members of an economy in which the relationships between us and the resources we produce and consume are managed using electronic locks under the control of a chiralkine system. The system draws distinctions between each of us and between each of the diverse goods and services that we produce and consume. It assigns two chiralkine states to each good or service, one to a person offering the good or service (identified, for example as a seller or producer) and the other to a person wanting the good or service (identified for example, as a buyer or consumer). The two states assigned to a good or service can never be the same.

The six chiralkine states can be identified as +i, -i, +j, -j, +k and -k, but other symbols can and have been used, for example A1, C1, A2, C2, D and L). Each chiralkine state is coded in four ordered polarities: +i - + -+ -i +- + - +j - + + - -j +-- + +k -- + + -k + + -- A good or service before it has started to be transferred from a seller to a buyer is in state +k relative to the seller and in state -k relative to the buyer. After it has been transferred from the seller to the buyer, it is in state -k relative to the seller and in state +k relative to the buyer. Thus both states change signs when the ownership of a good or service is transferred from a seller to a buyer. All of the polarities in the polarity strings coding the states change signs.

The six states in a chiralkine system can thought of as three tokens (i, j and k) arranged along a Mobius strip. A Mobius strip has one face globally and two faces locally. Each token (one thing) has two faces, + and -. There are two ways to get from one side of a token to another: one directly and one by rotating the Mobius strip by 360 degrees. (A Mobius strip needs to be rotated 720 degrees to return to the starting point). As the Mobius strip is rotated through 360 degrees, state +k (- - + +) rotates through state -j (+ - - +) and state +i (- + - +) to state -k (+ + - -), while state -k (+ + - -) rotates through state +j (- + + -) and state -i (+ - + -) to state +k (- - + +). With each state change, two polarities in the polarity strings are swapped and two remain the same.

The object of a chiralkine system is to ensure that each member of an economy exchanges goods and services for others of the same value. In effect, each member “pays for” the goods and services they receive from one or more other members by providing goods and services of the same value to one or more other members, who can be the same or different. Like the invention known as money, a chiralkine system solves the problem inherent in barter known as the double co-incidence of wants problem, but it does so based on the principle of order (i changes j into +k and j changes i into -k) instead of a balance (+1 changes -1 into 0 and -1 changes +1 into 0).

To initiate a cycle of exchange, a buyer and a seller enter into a chiralkine contract to transfer ownership of an object (generally a good) from the seller to the buyer. The seller’s state with respect to the object goes from state +k (- - + +) to state -j (+ - - +) and the buyer’s state with respect to the object goes from state -k (+ + - -) to state +j (- + + -). It is as if both have advanced through a turn of 120 degrees of a Mobius strip. The object is now locked away in a lockable container provided with an electronic lock under the control of a chiralkine system. Through their entry into the chiralkine contract, the buyer and seller have now created left- and right-handed (chiralkine) money. This is identifiable in the first two polarities of the polarity states representing their states: +-- + and -++-.

The seller can now transfer in ownership of an object he or she wants from a third party who is in another chiralkine contract by exchanging right handed money for the object and left-handed money. When this happens, in one step, the state of the seller goes from -j (+ - - +) to +i (- + - +). The state of the buyer does not change. Independently the buyer can transfer out ownership of an object a third party who is in another chiralkine contract wants by exchanging left-handed money with the object and right-handed money. When this happens, in one step, the state of the buyer goes from +j t+ + -) to -i (+- + -). The state of the buyer does not change. When both the seller and the buyer have exchanged, they will be respectively in states +i and -i. They can now close their contract and a key to unlock the container electronically can be given by the control system to the buyer.

Referring to Figure 7, you own oranges that you want to exchange for bread. I own bread that I want to exchange for peas. Considering our relationships with respect to the resources oranges, bread and peas; I am in state +k (-- + +) and you are in state -k (+ + - -) relative to the bread; I am in state -k (+ + --) relative to the peas and you are in state +k (- - + +) relative to the oranges.

Each of us possesses a smartphone, through which we are in communication with a control system comprising an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts and means for issuing a key for said electronic lock either to said buyer or to said seller when said chiralkine contract is closed or cancelled by said buyer and said seller.

We enter into a contract through which ownership of the bread will be transferred from me to you stepwise, conditional upon the ownership of peas being transferred from one third party already in a contract to me and the ownership of the oranges being transferred from you to another third party already in a contract. The bread is placed in a container provided with an electronic lock under control of a chiralkine system. The lock closes, and with this my state relative to the bread becomes +j while your state becomes +j. I acquire peas from a third party already in a chiralkine contract, by exchanging the peas with left handed money for right handed money created under our contract for the bread. I am now in state +i (- + - +), meaning that I now have exchanged left handed money. You transfer oranges to a third party already in a chiralkine contract by exchanging the oranges with left handed money for right handed money. You are now in state -i (+ - + -), meaning you now have exchanged right handed money. We now close our contract. I go to state -k (+ + - -) and you go to state +k (- - + +). The system issues an electronic key to you, for example a bar code that you can display on your smart phone to a bar code reader on the lockable container. You can now obtain the bread.

It will be appreciated that the choice of starting and end points in the cycle of six states, and the direction of rotation, are arbitrary. What matters is that the same choice is used in all cases.

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Claims

1. A system for controlling access to a good that is a subject of a chiralkine contract between a seller and a buyer of said good, which comprises a lockable container configured for receiving a good, an electronic lock configured for locking said good in said container and being opened with a key, a control system for said electronic lock; means for communicating between said control system and said electronic lock through an information transmission network; and means for communicating between said control system and said seller and said buyer through an information transmission network, said control system comprising an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts and means for issuing a key for said electronic lock either to said buyer or to said seller when said chiralkine contract is closed or cancelled by said buyer and said seller.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises a keypad configured to receive a key code and means for communicating receipt of said key code to said electronic lock.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises a card reader configured to receive a key card and means for communicating receipt of said key card to said electronic lock.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises means for receiving a key code from a contactless device.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4, in which said contactless device is a smart phone.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which the system further comprises a bar code reader for receiving a key code in the form of a bar code.

7. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, in which said container is a locker.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7, in which said locker is associated with a residential or business address.

9. A system as claimed in claim 8, in which said locker is secured in a locker room.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9, which comprises a plurality of lockers secured in a locker room.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said container is a shipping container.

12. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, in which said container is comprised within a self-propelled vehicle.

13. A system as claimed in claim 12, in which said vehicle is a car, van, lorry, truck, boat, ship, railway wagon, aircraft, submarine, spacecraft or drone.

14. A system as claimed in in any one of claims 1 to 6, in which said container is configured to receive a good in a fluid state and comprises a valve, said electronic lock being configured to control said valve.

15. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, in which the container is provided with a service hatch and the electronic lock is a mobile robot capable of receiving a good at the service hatch, taking it to a particular location within the container and, when activated by the key, retrieving the good and returning it to the service hatch.

16. A method for controlling the transfer of a good from a seller to a buyer under a chiralkine contract, which comprises recording the terms of a chiralkine contract between a seller and buyer to transfer a good in an electronic register containing records of chiralkine money and chiralkine property rights created under chiralkine contracts; placing said good in a lockable container and locking said container with an electronic lock, identifying when said contract between said seller and said buyer has been closed or cancelled, and issuing a key for the electronic lock either to the seller or to the buyer.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16, in which the identity of the good is verified before the container is locked, to confirm that it is the good specified in the contract.

18. A lockable container configured for receiving a good, said container being provided with an electronic lock under the control of a chiralkine system, said lock being configured for locking said good in said container and being opened with a key provided by said chiralkine system.

19. A lockable container as claimed in claim 18, wherein said good is an industrial product and said industrial product is locked within said container.

20. A lockable container as claimed in claim 19, in which the industrial product is enclosed in a package.

21. A lockable container as claimed in claim 20, in which the package is marked with a trademark or a bar code.

22. A self-propelled vehicle comprising a lockable container as claimed in any one of claims 18 to 21.

23. A self-propelled vehicle as claimed in claim 22, which is a drone.