CLOUD-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140052777A1
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Original Assignee: Xceedid Corporation (Allegion PLC)
• Inventors: Eberwine, Todd, Neafsey, Jeffrey Scott
• Granted Patent: US 10,204,464 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00841 by a portable device
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method, system or apparatus including a server that may receive information from a computer, store the information in a database at the server, determine a reader device to receive the information based on an analysis of the information, select one or more mobile devices to deliver the information to the reader device, and transmit viral data to the one or more mobile devices where the viral data includes at least a portion of the information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving information at a server;

storing the information in a database at the server;

determining a reader device that is to receive the information based on an analysis of the information;

selecting one or more mobile devices to deliver the information to the reader device; and

transmitting viral data to the one or more mobile devices, wherein the viral data includes at least a portion of the information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the viral data to the reader device from one of the mobile devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device and reader device communicate via near field communication.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting audit information from the reader device to one of the mobile devices;

receiving the audit information at the server from one of the mobile devices; and

storing the audit information in the database at the server.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

downloading at least a portion of the audit information from the database at the server via a computer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting is based on which mobile devices have access to the reader device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification message at the server from the one mobile device, wherein the notification message indicates the reader device was successfully updated; and

transmitting a command from the server to all of the other mobile devices to delete the viral data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises updated access rights for the reader device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the viral data includes a firmware update for the reader device.

10. A system, comprising:

a server configured to provide a cloud service;

one or more mobile devices; and

a reader device; and

wherein the server is configured to;

receive information and store the information in a database at the server,

determine the reader device that is to receive the information based on an analysis of the information,

select one or more mobile devices to deliver the information to the reader device, and

transmit viral data to the one or more mobile devices, wherein the viral data includes at least a portion of the information,

wherein the mobile device is configured to receive the viral data from the server and transmit the viral data to the reader device; and

wherein the reader device is configured to receive the viral data from the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more mobile devices and the reader device communicate via near field communication.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the system is at least one of an access control system, a payment system, and a transit system.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the reader device is further configured to transmit audit information to one of the mobile devices, wherein the server is further configured to receive the audit information from one of the mobile devices, and wherein the server is further configured to store the audit information in the database at the server.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a computer configured to download at least a portion of the audit information from the database at the server.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a server configured to receive information, store the information in a database at the server, determine a reader device that is to receive the information based on an analysis of the information, select one or more mobile devices to deliver the information to the reader device, and transmit viral data to the one or more mobile devices, wherein the viral data includes at least a portion of the information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to:

host audit information for retrieval by a computer.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive a notification message from one of the mobile devices, wherein the notification message indicates the reader device was successfully updated; and

transmit a command to at least one other of the mobile devices to delete the viral data.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the information comprises updated access rights for the reader device.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the viral data includes a firmware update for the reader device.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the server is configured to select the one or more mobile devices based on which mobile devices have access to the reader device.