System and method for securing and removing over-locks
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 that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled.
Claims20
A method for retrieving an unlock code for an over-lock, the system comprising:
- securing a location with the over-lock, wherein the over-lock is not capable of electronic communication;
- mapping the location 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 an access management system from the lock management system via an application programming interface (API);
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- transmitting the unlock code to a user via an electronic method from the access management system,
- wherein the lock management system and the access 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 location 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 location 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 an access management system via an application programming interface (API);
- accessing, by a user, a lock management system portal, wherein the lock management system portal is configured to accept a user credential;
- transmitting the user credential from the lock management system to the access management system via the API;
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- transmitting the unlock code to the user via an electronic method from the access management system.
A method for retrieving an unlock code for an over-lock, the system comprising:
- securing a location with the over-lock, wherein the over-lock is not capable of electronic communication;
- mapping the location 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 user, a lock management system portal, wherein the lock management system portal is configured to accept a user credential;
- transmitting the user credential from the lock management system to an access management system via an application programming interface (API);
- determining by the access management system if the user is verified;
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- transmitting the unlock code to the user via an electronic method from the lock management system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.