Digital certificate and reservation
AssigneeLiberty PlugIns, Inc.
InventorsChris Outwater, William Gibbens Redmann
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Abstract
An access device is provided for use in an access control system. The access device includes a processor having control of a door lock, and a communication module connected to the processor. The processor is able to receive a reservation certificate presented by a portable terminal through the communication module. The processor activates the door lock when the current reservation certificate has been presented and disables an alarm system when the current reservation certificate has been presented.
Claims20
An access device for use in access control systems, the access device comprising:
- a communication module connected to a processor having control of a door lock and an alarm;
- wherein the processor receives a reservation certificate from a smartphone, the reservation certificate describing an interval of a reservation, and the processor further activates the door lock based on the reservation certificate and the processor disables the alarm based on the reservation certificate.
An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a door lock and an alarm;
- a server to provide a communication setting to a smartphone, the communication setting corresponding to the access device;
- the server to further provide a reservation certificate to the smartphone, the reservation certificate describing an interval of a reservation;
- wherein the processor receives the reservation certificate from the smartphone, based on use by the smartphone of the communications setting and the processor further activates the door lock based on the reservation certificate and disables the alarm based on the reservation certificate.
An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a door lock and an alarm;
- a server to provide a communication setting to a smartphone, the communication setting corresponding to the access device;
- the server to further provide, via a first communication protocol, a reservation certificate to the smartphone, the reservation certificate for an interval of a reservation;
- wherein the processor receives the reservation certificate from the smartphone via a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol, based on use by the smartphone of the communication setting and the processor further activates the door lock based on the reservation certificate and disables the alarm based on the reservation certificate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.