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US 8,543,684 B2Granted
Method for computing the entropic value of a dynamical memory system
AssigneeAssa Abloy AB
InventorsTam Hulusi, Robert Wamsley
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for optimizing the dissemination of information in various types of systems such as an access control system. More specifically, there are provided various mechanisms to increase the efficiency with which system updates and other types of information are spread throughout an access control system having at least one non-networked reader.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- receiving message host information;
- receiving message carrier information, wherein a message carrier comprises a handheld and portable access control credential capable of storing a message object and communicating the message object to a message host when a user presents the message carrier to the message host, thereby enabling the message carrier to carry message objects between message hosts, wherein at least one of the message hosts comprises a non-networked access control message host;
- analyzing, with a network analysis module, the message host and message carrier information to determine at least one of (i) an amount of time required for a first message object to be communicated to a predetermined number of non-networked message hosts and/or a predetermined number of message carriers and (ii) a number of non-networked message hosts and/or number of message carriers that will receive the first message object within a predetermined amount of time;
- and
- providing, with the network analysis module, an output to a user indicating results of the analyzing step.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving message host information;
- receiving message carrier information, wherein message carriers comprise at least one portable medium capable of storing a message object and communicating the message object to a message host thereby enabling the message carrier to carry message objects between message hosts, wherein at least one of the message hosts comprises a non-networked message host;
- analyzing, with a network analysis module, the message host and message carrier information to determine at least one of (i) an amount of time required for a first message object to be communicated to a predetermined number of message hosts and/or a predetermined number of message carriers and (ii) a number of message hosts and/or message carriers that will receive the first message object within a predetermined amount of time;
- providing, with the network analysis module, an output to a user indicating results of the analyzing step;
- receiving message dissemination requirements that define the required time in which the predetermined number of message hosts and/or message carriers should receive a message object;
- determining whether the first message object will be disseminated to at least the predetermined number of message hosts and/or message carriers within the required time;
- and
- including in the output results of the determining step.
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A device, comprising:
- memory for storage of program instructions and a processor for executing the program instructions stored in the memory, the program instructions including:
- a network analysis module operable to analyze information flows in an access control system comprising a plurality of message hosts, at least one of which is a non-networked access control message host, and a plurality of message carriers operable to carry message objects between message hosts as users carry message carriers between message hosts and present message carriers to message hosts, wherein the network analysis module is further operable to determine and provide, as an output, at least one of (i) an amount of time required for a first message object to be communicated to a predetermined number of non-networked message hosts and/or a predetermined number of message carriers and (ii) a number of non-networked message hosts and/or number of message carriers that will receive the first message object within a predetermined amount of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.