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US 11,761,239 B2Granted
Building access system with programming door locks
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsAdam Kuenzi, Steve Switzer
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Abstract
Disclosed is an entry system for a building having: a first door lock that includes a controller; wherein the first door lock is configured for encoding access rights to a first client keycard responsive to a first engagement with a master keycard.
Claims14
An entry system for a building that includes a plurality of suites, each having a suite lock and a plurality of rooms, each having a room lock, the system comprising:
- a first door lock that is a suite lock for one of the suites, that includes a controller;
- wherein the first door lock is configured for encoding access rights to a first client keycard, that is a guest keycard, responsive to a first engagement with a master keycard,
- wherein engaging the master keycard includes the first door lock monitoring the occurrence of a predetermined combination of actions proximate in time to the first engagement with the master keycard;
- wherein monitoring the occurrence of the predetermined combination of actions includes the first door lock monitoring the occurrence of one or more additional engagements with the master keycard and receiving manual actuation of a first door handle of the first door lock;
- wherein the first door lock is configured for granting access rights at a plurality of door locks to the first client keycard, wherein the plurality of door locks includes the first door lock and selective ones of the room locks within the suite, the selective ones of the room locks being less than all of the room locks within the suite.
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A method of controlling an entry system for a building that includes a plurality of suites, each having a suite lock and a plurality of rooms, each having a room lock, the building comprising:
- a first door lock that is a suite lock for one of the suites, that includes a controller, the first door lock encoding access rights to a first client keycard, that is a guest keycard, responsive to a first engagement with a master keycard,
- wherein engaging the master keycard includes the first door lock monitoring the occurrence of a predetermined combination of actions proximate in time to the first engagement with the master keycard;
- wherein monitoring the occurrence of the predetermined combination of actions includes monitoring the occurrence of one or more additional engagements with the master keycard and receiving manual actuation of a first door handle of the first door lock;
- wherein the method includes the first door lock granting access rights at a plurality of door locks to the first client keycard, wherein the plurality of door locks includes the first door lock and selective ones of the room locks within the suite, the selective ones of the room locks being less than all of the room locks within the suite.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.