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US 2010/0077466 A1Published application
System and method for remotely assigning and revoking access credentials using a near field communication equipped mobile phone
AssigneeAssa Abloy AB
InventorPeter R. 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.
Claims44
A method of remotely maintaining a secure access system, comprising:
- receiving, at a secure access system controller, a credential update for at least one user of the secure access system;
- and
- in response to receiving the credential update, said controller automatically initiating a system update process, the system update process comprising:
- generating a message comprising information representing the credential update;
- determining at least one target for said message, wherein said at least one target comprises at least one mobile device associated with the at least one user;
- and
- transmitting said message to said at least one target.
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A secure access system, comprising:
- at least one mobile device comprising memory, wherein said memory comprises credential information;
- a controller that is operable to receive a credential update for at least one user of the secure access system and in response to receiving the credential update automatically initiate a system update process, wherein during the system update process the controller is operable to automatically cause a message to be generated that comprises said updated credential, and cause said message to be transmitted to said at least one mobile device associated with said at least one user.
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A mobile device for use by a user in a secure access system, comprising:
- a memory, wherein said memory comprises credential information;
- and
- 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 for the user is automatically changed from a first state to a second state and wherein said messages relating to updated-credential information are received without said at least one user transmitting a request for said messages.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.