KEY DUPLICATING SYSTEM

• US 20130331976A1
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Minute Key, Inc. (Hillman Solutions Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Minute Key, Inc. (Hillman Solutions Corp.)
• Inventors: Freeman, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/964,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20130331976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/117
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 2235/12 Using a database to store details of the key, the information in the database being used for the generation of the profile of the key
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 2235/28 Key blanks
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 3/35 Milling grooves in keys
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 15/005 keys making keys without essentially removing material, e.g. by punching B21D53/42; milling grooves in keys B23C3/35
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 35/00 Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model; Devices for use in copying manually copy milling classified also in B27C5/003
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/70 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/009 User recognition or proximity detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/300952 to cut lock key
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/301624 Duplicating means

Abstract

A key-duplicating system comprises a network that includes a multiplicity of kiosks at a multiplicity of different locations, each of the kiosks having a customer interface and a processor coupled to the customer interface. A remote central server coupled to the kiosks is adapted to receive, from the kiosks, information identifying master keys to be duplicated. A key analysis module uses the information identifying master keys to be duplicated to derive information required to produce duplicates of the identified master keys, and a key duplicating module uses that information to produce duplicates of said identified master keys.

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