System and method for securing and removing over-locks from vacant storage units
Assignee10F Pursuit LLC
InventorsBradford Minsley, Clifton Minsley
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Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is a distributed management system for self-storage facilities that allow for vacant units to be secured with over-locks, and which allow the over-locks to be removed by customers without human or manual intervention from the self-storage facility, where an API is used to facilitate communications between a lock management system and a property management system.
Claims20
A method for retrieving an unlock code for an over-lock, the system comprising:
- securing a vacant storage unit with the over-lock, wherein the over-lock is not capable of electronic communication;
- mapping the vacant storage unit with an over-lock identifier in a lock management system, where the over-lock identifier is further associated with an unlock code;
- transmitting the unlock code to a property management system from the lock management system via an application programming interface (API);
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- upon rental of the vacant storage unit by a customer, transmitting the unlock code to the customer via an electronic method from a rental property management system,
- wherein the lock management system and the property management system are two separate and distinct systems that operate on different servers.
A method for retrieving an unlock code for an over-lock, the system comprising:
- securing a vacant storage unit with the over-lock, wherein the over-lock is not capable of electronic communication and wherein an over-lock identifier is visibly displayed on the over-lock;
- mapping the vacant storage unit with the over-lock identifier in a lock management system, where the over-lock identifier is further associated with an unlock code;
- transmitting the unlock code to a property management system via an application programming interface (API);
- accessing, by a customer, a lock management system portal, wherein the lock management system portal is configured to accept a customer credential;
- transmitting the customer credential from the lock management system to the property management system via the API;
- determining by the property management system if the customer is a verified renter of the vacant storage unit;
- determining by the property management system if the customer does not have a delinquent account;
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- transmitting the unlock code to the customer via an electronic method from the property management system.
A method for retrieving an unlock code for an over-lock, the system comprising:
- securing a vacant storage unit with the over-lock, wherein the over-lock is not capable of electronic communication;
- mapping the vacant storage unit with an over-lock identifier in a lock management system, where the over-lock identifier is further associated with an unlock code;
- accessing, by a customer, a lock management system portal, wherein the lock management system portal is configured to accept a customer credential;
- transmitting the customer credential from the lock management system to the property management system via an application programming interface (API);
- determining by the property management system if the customer is a verified renter of the vacant storage unit;
- determining by the property management system if the customer does not have a delinquent account;
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- transmitting the unlock code to the customer via an electronic method from the lock management system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.