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US 2024/0340277 A1Published application
Digital key backup
OwnerChasen Beckinventor
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Abstract
A key can be provided with a code that uniquely identifies the key or uniquely identifies the lock for which the key is to be used. A server can store information correlating unique key codes for keys with bitting information for those keys. Upon receiving a valid request from a remote device, the server can send bitting information to a remote key making machine and direct the key making machine to make a duplicate key.
Claims19
A method for making a remotely duplicatable key, comprising:
- providing a key structure data to a server system, the key structure data including key bitting information;
- making a key using the key structure data;
- providing a key identification concerning the key;
- linking the key identification to the key structure data and saving the key identification and the key structure data in a key registry;
- creating a key code device comprising the key identification;
- and
- combining the key and the key code device in a single sealed package so that the key code device goes with the key.
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A method for managing a physical key information and duplicating the key, comprising:
- obtaining a key identifier associated with a physical key;
- obtaining a user information;
- linking the user information with the key identifier;
- transmitting the user information and linked key identifier to a remote system;
- receiving a digital pass key from the remote system;
- transmitting a request for duplication of the physical key to the remote system;
- identifying a selected key making machine;
- and
- transmitting a validation concerning the selected key making machine.
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A process for use in duplicating a key, comprising:
- maintaining in memory a key registry having a key structural data concerning a key and a unique identifier for the key, the key structural data comprising key bitting information;
- receiving, from a remote device, a key identification data concerning the key and a user data;
- reviewing the key identification data received from the remote device to determine whether it includes a match with the unique identifier on the key registry, and linking the user data to the key structural data on the key registry only if the key identification data includes a match with the unique identifier;
- receiving, from the remote device, a request for duplication of the key;
- accessing a key registry to locate the key structural data concerning the key;
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- sending manufacturing instructions to a key making machine, the manufacturing instructions comprising directions to make a duplicate key incorporating the key structural data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.