US 12,597,310 B2 · Method and devices for configuring electronic locks

Abstract

For configuring access rights of electronic locks, a mobile communication device obtains an access right identifier. Configuration data comprising the access right identifier is transferred from the mobile communication device (3) to a first electronic lock, via a close range communication interface, thereby configuring the first electronic lock to grant an access right to electronic key devices (4) having stored thereon the access right identifier. From the mobile communication device an update request, comprising the access right identifier, is transmitted to a computer system via a communication network, enabling the computer system to transmit the access right identifier via the communication network to one or more second electronic locks for configuring the one or more second electronic locks to grant an access right to the electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier.

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Dependent claims

A method of configuring access rights of electronic locks, the method comprising:

obtaining by a mobile communication device an access right identifier;
transferring from the mobile communication device to a first electronic lock configuration data comprising the access right identifier, via a close range communication interface, thereby configuring the first electronic lock to grant an access right to electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier;
transmitting from the mobile communication device to a computer system via a communication network an update request, comprising the access right identifier;
and
transmitting by the computer system via the communication network, the access right identifier to one or more second electronic locks for configuring the one or more second electronic locks to grant an access right to the electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier, thereby synchronizing the one or more second electronic locks based on the configuration of the first electronic lock.

2 more elements

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer program code configured to control a processor of a mobile communication device, such that the mobile communication device performs the steps of:

obtaining an access right identifier;
transferring configuration data via a close range communication interface to a first electronic lock, the configuration data comprising the access right identifier, thereby configuring the first electronic lock to grant an access right to electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier;
and
transmitting an update request via a communication network to a computer system, the update request comprising the access right identifier, instructing the computer system to transmit the access right identifier, via the communication network, to one or more second electronic locks, for configuring the one or more second electronic locks to grant an access right to the electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier, thereby synchronizing the one or more second electronic locks based on the configuration of the first electronic lock.

1 more element

A computer system for updating access rights of electronic locks, the computer system comprising one or more processors, configured to perform the steps of:

receiving, via a communication network, an update request from a mobile communication device, the update request comprising an access right identifier obtained by the mobile communication device and transferred by the mobile communication device to a first electronic lock;
and
transmitting configuration data via the communication network to one or more second electronic locks, the configuration data comprising the access right identifier, thereby configuring the one or more electronic locks to grant an access right to electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier, thereby synchronizing the one or more second electronic locks based on the configuration of the first electronic lock.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer program code configured to control one or more processors of a computer system such that the computer system performs the steps of:

receiving, via a communication network, an update request from a mobile communication device, the update request comprising an access right identifier obtained by the mobile communication device and transferred by the mobile communication device to a first electronic lock;
and
transmitting configuration data via the communication network to one or more second electronic locks, the configuration data comprising the access right identifier, thereby configuring the one or more electronic locks to grant an access right to electronic key devices having stored thereon the access right identifier, thereby synchronizing the one or more second electronic locks based on the configuration of the first electronic lock.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and devices for configuring electronic locks

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