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US 2015/0102906 A1Published application
Systems and methods for controlling a locking mechanism using a portable electronic device
AssigneeApigy Inc.
InventorsPaul Michael Gerhardt, Charles Cameron Robertson
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for operating a remotely operable lock. In an example embodiment, a method comprises authenticating, at a web service, credentials received from a portable electronic device, detecting the proximity of the portable electronic device to the lock, and issuing a command for receipt by the lock from the web service or portable electronic device.
Claims37
A method of operating a remotely operable lock, the method comprising:
- authenticating, at a web service, credentials or a request received from a portable electronic device having a high-powered radio for communicating with the web service and a low-powered radio for communicating directly with the remotely operable lock or indirectly with the web service, in respective high-power and low-power communication channels;
- securing a connection between the web service and the remotely operable lock
- allowing bidirectional communications between the web service and the remotely
- operable lock, the securing including encrypting the high-power or the low-power communication channels using encryption data decryptable by the web service or the remotely operable lock but not decryptable by the portable electronic device;
- detecting the proximity of the portable electronic device to the lock;
- and
- based on a successful authentication of the received credentials or request, issuing a secure command for receipt by the lock from the portable electronic device or the web service, the secure command including a command to change or query either the status of the lock or data on the lock without requiring further authentication by the lock from the web service.
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A system for operating a remotely operable lock, the system comprising:
- a web service to:
- authenticate credentials or a request received from a portable electronic device having a high-powered radio for communicating with the web service and a low-powered radio for communicating directly with the remotely operable lock or indirectly with the web service, in respective high-power and low-power communication channels;
- secure a connection between the web service and the remotely operable lock allowing bidirectional communications between the web service and the remotely operable lock, the securing including encrypting the high-power or the low-power communication channels using encryption data decryptable by the web service or the remotely operable lock but not decryptable by the portable electronic device;
- detect the proximity of the portable electronic device to the lock;
- and
- based on a successful authentication of the received credentials or request, issue a secure command for receipt by the lock from the portable electronic device or the web service, the secure command including a command to change or query either the status of the lock or data on the lock without requiring further authentication by the lock from the web service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.