US 10,896,564 B2Granted

Multi-network entry access systems and methods

AssigneeOpenpath Security Inc.

InventorsAlexander A. Kazerani, Amir Reza Khakpour, Samy Kamkar, Robert J. Peters

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Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for performing entry access over two or more networks. The two or more networks are leveraged to accelerate the entry access and provide redundancy. Performance over each of the two or more networks is tracked in order to allow a mobile device to exchange entry access messaging over the particular network providing fastest start-to-unlock time. The mobile device can alternatively exchange the entry access messaging simultaneously over the two or more networks to create a race condition whereby the fastest start-to-unlock time is obtained without monitoring network performance. Performing the entry access messaging exchange over the two or more networks also ensures reliability in the event a particular network is down or congested, an authorization device on a particular network is down or overloaded, a radio of a mobile device communicating over a particular network is disabled or slow performing.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an entry point device located adjacent to a secured entry point, the entry point device comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
establish a first network connection with a user mobile device that is in range of a wireless first network created by the entry point device;
receive, over the first network connection, a first message from the user mobile device requesting access to the secured entry point;
an access control unit comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
establish a second network connection with the entry point device;
receive, via the second network connection, the first message originated by the user mobile device from the entry point device;
establish a third network connection with the user mobile device over a wireless second network;
receive, over the third network connection, a second message from the user mobile device requesting access to the secured entry point;
and
provide access to the secured entry point in response to:
detecting arrival times of the first message and the second message;
transmitting an unlock command to the secured entry point based on the first message or the second message having an earlier arrival time;
and
discarding the first message or the second message having a later arrival time based on the first message and the second message comprising a first identifier identifying the user mobile device and a second identifier identifying the secured entry point.

13 more elements

An access control device comprising:

one or more processors configured to:
commence a first authorization to authorize a user mobile device access to a secured resource in response to receiving a first message that is issued by the user mobile device over a first network;
commence a second authorization to authorize the user mobile device access to the secured resource in response to receiving a second message that is issued by the user mobile device over a different second network;
determine that the first message and the second message are duplicate messages to authorize access to the secured resource based on at least one common identifier in the first message and the second message;
detect successful authorization of the user mobile device by conditioning access to the secured resource based on the duplicate messages and earliest completion of one of the first authorization and the second authorization;
and
provide access to the secured resource based on detecting the successful authorization.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/380,855Filed 10 Apr 2019 · continuation
Priority: 2 Mar 2017
Published: US 2019/0236869 A11 Aug 2019
Granted: 19 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G07C 9/28
Involving the use of a pass: the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
G07C 9/00309
Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers…:…
G07C 9/00571
Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers…:…
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…

Family

Application15/448,105Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Mar 2017
Application15/707,764Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Sep 2017
US 2019/0236869 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Aug 2019
US 10,304,269 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,767,630 B1Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0253917 A1Published application
US 10,896,564 B2This patent

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