Electronic Locking System with Wireless Update and Cascade Lock Control
AssigneeSynpatic Wireless, LLC
InventorsRick Bowen, Mark Bowen
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Abstract
A wireless access control system comprising a central access control system connected through a wireless network to a remote access control system comprised of a plurality of localized remote access controllers (locking mechanisms). The plurality of remote access controllers will generally be used to lock parts of a facility, whether physical facilities, parts thereof or mobile components within the facilities, and will allow for a supervisory function to determine which users of the system are allowed to access which resources within a facility. Also disclosed herein is an interlinked cascade lock system coupled to a central access control system that is comprised of at least two levels of security.
Claims20
An interlinked cascade wireless access control system, the interlinked cascade wireless access control system comprising:
- a central wireless access system;
- a remote wireless access system, the remote wireless access system being comprised of a plurality of remote access controllers located at access points;
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- a wireless network connecting the central wireless access system to the remote wireless access system;
- wherein an individual access point contains a first remote access controller representing a first level of security and at least one additional remote access controller representing a second level of security;
- wherein the first remote access controller must be disengaged by a first credential before the at least one additional remote access controller can be disengaged;
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- wherein the at least one additional remote access controller will not be disengaged unless a second credential presented to the at least one additional remote access controller belongs to an identical user as the first credential.
A wireless access control method for controlling access to a plurality of remote access controllers in a wireless access control system comprising a central access control system comprising a central server and a central wireless communicator coupled by a wireless network to a remote access control system comprising a plurality of remote access controllers, the method comprising:
- storing a localized access database at each remote access controller wherein said localized access database is indicative of authorized users;
- receiving a credential at a remote access receiving device of a single remote access controller;
- checking for a flag in the wireless access control system, the flag representing a removal of at least one flagged credential from the localized access database;
- removing the flagged credential from the localized access database;
- comparing the credential to the localized access database;
- authorizing access at the remote access controller if the comparing step is indicative of an authorized user;
- activating a remote wireless communicator in the remote access controller to initiate a wireless communication between the remote wireless communicator and the central wireless communicator over the wireless network when the comparing step is not indicative of an authorized user;
- sending a signal to the central server;
- comparing the signal to a central access database;
- sending a signal from the central server to the remote access controller across the wireless network authorizing access at the remote access controller if the comparing the signal step is indicative of an authorized user;
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- sending a signal from the central server to the remote access controller across the wireless network denying access at the remote access controller if the comparing the signal step is not indicative of an authorized user.
A wireless access control system for controlling access to a plurality of remote access controllers, the system comprising:
- a means for storing a localized access database at each remote access controller wherein the localized access database is indicative of authorized users;
- a means for receiving a credential at a single remote access controller;
- a means for comparing the credential to the localized access database;
- a means for authorizing access at the remote access controller if comparing the credential to the localized access database is indicative of an authorized user;
- a means for sending a first signal to a central access control system over a wireless network from the remote access controller when said comparing step is not indicative of an authorized user;
- a means for comparing the first signal to a central access database;
- a means for sending a second signal from the central access control system to the remote access controller across the wireless network authorizing access at the remote access controller if the comparing the first signal is indicative of an authorized user;
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- a means for sending a second signal from the central access control system to the remote access controller across the wireless network denying access at the remote access controller if the comparing the first signal is not indicative of an authorized user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.