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US 2012/0234058 A1Published application
Wireless access control system and related methods
AssigneeUnlkey Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames W. Neil, Philip C. Dumas
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Abstract
A wireless access control system includes a remote access device. A plugin device communicates with the remote access device. A lock controls the ability to lock and unlock a door in which the lock is disposed. The lock is in communication with the plugin device. The plugin device determines a distance between the remote access device and the lock and causes the lock to communicate with the remote access device when the remote access device is at a distance less than or equal to a predetermined distance from the lock to enable the lock to be unlocked.
Claims20
A wireless access control system comprising:
- a remote access device;
- a plugin device, the plugin device communicating with the remote access device;
- a lock for locking and unlocking a door in which the lock is disposed, the lock being in communication with the plugin device, the plugin device determining a first predetermined distance between the remote access device and the lock as a function of communicating with the remote access device, and causing the lock to communicate with the remote access device when the remote access device is at a distance less than or equal to a second predetermined distance from the lock to enable the lock to be unlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.