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US 11,443,579 B2Granted
Access control system and method for use by an access device
AssigneeUrban Intel, Inc.
InventorsChris Outwater, William Gibbens Redmann
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to allow a smart phone or any terminal to activate a lock using a web site or server computer system. An access control system is provided that includes a server and an access device. The access device includes a processor and a communication module. The process has control of a lock and is able to receive a reservation certificate presented by a portable terminal through the communication module. The processor activates the lock when a current reservation certificate has been presented.
Claims36
An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a lock;
- an application on a portable terminal;
- and
- a server to provide a communication setting to the application, the communication setting corresponding to the access device, and to further provide a reservation certificate to the application, the reservation certificate comprising an interval of a reservation,
- wherein the application compares the interval of the reservation to a current time accessible to the application to determine if the reservation certificate is current and wherein, the application activates the lock by communicating with the access device via the communication setting when the application determines that the reservation certificate is current.
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An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a lock;
- an application on a portable terminal;
- and
- a server to provide a communication setting and a reservation certificate to the application, the communication setting corresponding to the access device, and the reservation certificate comprising an interval of a reservation,
- wherein the processor receives the reservation certificate from the application based on use by the application of the communications setting, and wherein the processor compares the interval of the reservation to a current time accessible to the processor to determine if the reservation certificate is current and wherein the processor activates the lock when the processor determines that the reservation certificate is current.
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An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a lock;
- an application on a portable terminal;
- and
- a server to provide a communication setting to the application, the communication setting corresponding to the access device, and to further provide, via a first communication protocol, a reservation certificate to the application, the reservation certificate comprising an interval of a reservation,
- wherein the application compares the interval of the reservation to a current time accessible to the application to determine if the reservation certificate is current and wherein the application activates the lock by communicating with the access device via a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol, based on use by the application of the communication setting, when the application determines that the reservation certificate is current.
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An access control system comprising:
- an access device comprising a communication module connected to a processor having control of a lock;
- an application on a portable terminal;
- and
- a server to provide a communication setting to the application, the communication setting corresponding to the access device, and further to provide, via a first communication protocol, a reservation certificate to the application, the reservation certificate comprising an interval of a reservation,
- wherein the processor receives the reservation certificate from the application via a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol, based on use by the application of the communication setting, wherein the processor compares the interval of the reservation to a current time accessible to the processor to determine if the reservation certificate is current;
- and wherein the processor activates the lock when the processor determines that the reservation certificate is current.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.