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US 2020/0399928 A1Published application
Constructing physical keys by way of digital keys
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVinod A. Valecha, Rinkesh I. Bansal, Sanjay B. Panchal, Chintan Thaker
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Abstract
A digital key management system for physical keys is provided. A processor registers a physical lock. A processor generates a digital key based on a physical key structure to be used with the physical lock. A processor configures the physical lock to decode an inserted physical key. A processor verifies the inserted physical key, in response to a digital key for the decoded physical key matching the generated digital key.
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A method comprising:
- registering, by one or more processors, a physical lock;
- generating, by the one or more processors, a digital key based, at least in part, on a physical key structure to be used with the physical lock;
- configuring, by the one or more processors, the physical lock to decode an inserted physical key;
- and
- in response to a digital key for the decoded physical key matching the generated digital key, verifying, by the one or more processors, the inserted physical key.
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A computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to register a physical lock;
- program instructions to generate a digital key based, at least in part, on a physical key structure to be used with the physical lock;
- program instructions to configure the physical lock to decode an inserted physical key;
- and
- in response to a digital key for the decoded physical key matching the generated digital key, program instructions to verify the inserted physical key.
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A computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- and
- program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to register a physical lock;
- program instructions to generate a digital key based, at least in part, on a physical key structure to be used with the physical lock;
- program instructions to configure the physical lock to decode an inserted physical key;
- and
- in response to a digital key for the decoded physical key matching the generated digital key, program instructions to verify the inserted physical key.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.