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US 2006/0224901 A1Published application
System and method for remotely assigning and revoking access credentials using a near field communication equipped mobile phone
AssigneeAssa Abloy AB
InventorPeter Lowe
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a message sent from, for example, a control panel and/or controller in the system.
Claims42
A method of remotely maintaining a secure access system, comprising:
- updating at least a portion of credential information in said access system;
- in response to updating said at least a portion of credential information, generating a message comprising said updated credential information;
- determining at least one target for said message, wherein said at least one target comprises at least one mobile device;
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- transmitting said message to said at least one target.
2 more elements
A secure access system, comprising:
- at least one mobile device comprising memory, wherein said memory comprises credential information;
- a controller that is operable to alter at least a portion of said credential information, cause a message to be generated that comprises said altered credential information, and cause said message to be transmitted to said at least one mobile device.
A mobile device for use in a secure access system, comprising:
- a memory, wherein said memory comprises credential information;
- an interface operable to communicate with a reader and further operable to receive messages relating to updated credential information, wherein, upon receipt of a first message, said credential information is changed from a first state to a second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.