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US 10,757,098 B2Granted
Hybrid data managed lock system
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsRaymond F. Rettig, Donald L. Beene, Frank L. Coolidge, Daniel R. Sharp, Michael Cahill, Srikanth Venkateswaran
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Abstract
A residential key may be programmed by a computer with access rights information. A lock device may receive the access rights information from the residential key. The lock device may store and utilize the access rights information if the lock determines that the residential key is authorized to update the lock device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- programming a user key with new access rights information associated with access privileges for a particular user key;
- analyzing, by the lock device, data stored in the user key;
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- updating a memory of the lock device with the new access rights information in response to:
- determining, based on the data stored in the user key, that the user key is authorized to update the lock device;
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- determining, based on the data stored in the user key, that at least one of (i) the user key is associated with a facility of the lock device, (ii) the user key is associated with the lock device, or (iii) the user key includes a serial number of a previous user key authorized to access the lock device;
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- wherein updating the memory of the lock device with the new access rights information comprises updating the memory of the lock device with the new access rights information in response to determining, based on the data stored in the user key, that the user key includes the serial number of the previous user key authorized to access the lock device.
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A method, comprising:
- programming a memory of an administrative key with new rights information for at least one residential key, wherein the new rights information indicates to set a delete-with-alarm data field of a database of a lock device for one or more of the at least one residential key;
- determining, by the lock device, whether the administrative key is authorized to update the lock device based on data in the administrative key;
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- updating the database of the lock device with the new rights information if the administrative key is authorized to update the lock device.
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A system, comprising:
- a computer including a first processor and a first memory having a first plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the first processor, causes the computer to program a user key with new access rights information associated with access privileges for a particular user key;
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- a lock device including a second processor and a second memory having a second plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the second processor, causes the lock device to analyze data stored in the user key, and update a database of the lock device with the new access rights information in response to determinations, based on the data stored in the user key, that the user key is authorized to update the lock device and at least one of (i) the user key is associated with a facility of the lock device, (ii) the user key is associated with the lock device, or (iii) the user key includes a serial number of a previous user key authorized to access the lock device;
- wherein to program the user key further comprises to set a new flag field of the user key;
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- wherein the second plurality of instructions further causes the lock device to clear the new flag in the new flag field in response to updating the database of the lock device with the new access rights information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.