Smart lock system and process
AssigneeIntellactuate Pty Ltd
InventorBehzad DERAKHSHAN
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Abstract
A combination lock including: locking means configured to be moveable between a first position in which the lock is placed in a locking state and a second position in which the lock is placed in an unlocked state; a set of mechanical combination reels operable by a user of the lock to configure the reels in accordance with a selected input combination; and a controller having a network interface and being configured to receive via the network interface one or more unlock input combinations associated with the unlocked state of the lock, and wherein the controller is configured to operate the locking means to place the lock in the unlocked state when an input combination of the mechanical combination reels matches any one of the one or more unlock input combinations.
Claims20
A combination lock, including:
- locking means configured to be moveable between a first position in which the lock is placed in a locking state and a second position in which the lock is placed in an unlocked state;
- a set of mechanical combination reels operable by a user of the lock to configure the reels in accordance with a selected input combination;
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- a controller having a network interface and being configured to receive via the network interface one or more unlock input combinations associated with the unlocked state of the lock, and wherein the controller is configured to operate the locking means to place the lock in the unlocked state when an input combination of the mechanical combination reels matches any one of the one or more unlock input combinations.
A process for managing a combination lock, including:
- storing, within the combination lock, unlock input combination data representing one or more unlock input combinations of the combination lock,
- the combination lock having a set of mechanical combination reels being operable by a user of the combination lock to configure the reels in accordance with a desired input combination;
- comparing, by the combination lock, data representing the configuration of the set of mechanical combination reels to data representing the one or more unlock input combinations;
- generating, by the combination lock, when the configuration of the set of mechanical combination reels matches to an unlock input combination represented by the unlock input combination data, fastener control signals to cause one or more fastening components to move a fastener from a first position in which the combination lock is placed in a locking state to a second position such as to place the combination lock in an unlocked state;
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- updating, by the combination lock, the stored unlock input combination data in response to lock configuration data received from a lock management device, said lock configuration data including an indication of one or more specified unlock input combinations that are to be added to, or removed from, the set of stored unlock input combinations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.