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US 2019/0196807 A1Published application
Remote management of electronic products
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorFrank Coolidge
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Abstract
A remote server may receive a data log with information regarding the status and/or a setting of an electronic product. The remote server may store information in the data log in a database. The remote server may process information in the database to determine whether a newer version of firmware is available for the electronic product is available.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a remote server, a customer data log from a local computer, wherein the customer data log comprises information from a lock data log, wherein the lock data log includes status information and settings of an offline electronic lock;
- processing, by the remote server, information in the customer data log to determine whether a newer version of firmware is available for the offline electronic lock;
- transmitting, from the remote server to the local computer, a firmware update message indicative of a necessity of the newer version of firmware;
- receiving, by the remote server and from the local computer, an update request issued in response to the firmware update message;
- and
- in response to receiving the update request, transmitting, from the remote server to the local computer, a firmware update for the offline electronic lock.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a local computer and from a first mobile device, lock status information of an electronic lock;
- transmitting, from the local computer to a remote server, the lock status information for storage in an electronic product database of the remote server;
- receiving, by the local computer and from the remote server, a firmware update message indicating that a newer version of firmware is available for the electronic lock;
- transmitting, by the local computer and to the remote server, an update request in response to receiving the firmware update message;
- receiving, by the local computer, a firmware package transmitted by the remote server in response to receiving the update request;
- and
- transmitting, from the local computer to at least one of the first mobile device or a second mobile device, at least a portion of the firmware package.
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A system, comprising:
- an offline electronic lock configured to store lock status information and settings, and to transmit the lock status information and settings to a mobile device that stores the lock status information and settings in a lock data log;
- and
- a local computer including a processor and memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the local computer to:
- receive the lock data log from the mobile device;
- transmit the lock data log to a remote server;
- receive from the remote server a firmware package comprising a firmware update for the offline electronic lock;
- and
- transmit at least a portion of the firmware package to the mobile device;
- wherein the offline electronic lock is further configured to receive the at least a portion of the firmware package and to update firmware of the offline electronic lock with the at least a portion of the firmware package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.