PAYMENT AUTHORIZED LOCK SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME

• US 20160133073A1
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clay Hall Smith, Kyle Patrick Smith
• Original Assignee: Clay Hall Smith, Kyle Patrick Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Kyle Patrick, Smith, Clay Hall
• Application Number:
  US14/981,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20160133073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/04 comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like turnstiles with registering means G07C9/10; coin-freed aspects G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/0069 actuated in a predetermined sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00904 for hotels, motels, office buildings or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/10 Movable barriers with registering means

Abstract

A payment authorized door and/or gate lock system that controls access to a given area through the processing, storage and recollection of data input through a touchscreen user interface.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A payment authorized lockable door or gate comprising:

one or more doors or gates, each of said one or more doors or gates being sized so that one or more persons can enter through each door or gate and into one or more facilities having restricted access via the one or more doors or gates; and

a door or gate locking system for said one or more doors or gates, said door or gate locking system comprising;

a computing system programmed to provide prompts to a user on a user interface display, accept user data inputted into the user interface display, store inputted user data inputted into the user interface display, and initiate one or more actions in response to receiving user data;

an electronic lock that changes from (i) a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration or (ii) from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration in response to a signal generated by said computing system; and

at least one component positioned (i) on said one or more doors or gates or (ii) proximate said one or more doors or gates, said at least one component (I) being capable of unlocking said electronic lock in response to user interaction with said at least one component, and (II) being selected from (1) a barcode scanning device, said barcode scanning device being separate from said user interface display or integrally connected to said user interface display, said barcode scanning device being capable of reading barcode data for processing by said computing system;

(2) a biometric reader for identifying external features of a user and correlating the external features with inputted user data via said computing system, (3) a payment card reader, said payment card reader being capable of reading payment card data for processing by said computing system, and (4) any combination of (1) to (3).

22. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said at least one component comprises said barcode scanning device.

23. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 22, wherein said barcode scanning device is capable of scanning a printed barcode or a barcode displayed on an electronic device.

24. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said at least one component comprises said biometric reader.

25. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, further comprising a sensor for detecting a number of people that enter through said one or more doors or gates locked by said locking system, said computing system further programmed to charge a user'"'"'s account based on the number of people that enter through the one or more doors or gates locked by said locking system as determined by the sensor.

26. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, further comprising the user interface display.

27. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 26, wherein the user interface display is positioned (i) on said one or more doors or gates or (ii) proximate said one or more doors or gates.

28. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 26, wherein the user interface display allows access to said computing system from a remote location via an electronic device.

29. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said at least one component comprises said payment card reader.

30. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, said payment authorized lockable door or gate comprising two or more electronic locks, each of which is connected to said computing system so as to independently change from (i) a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration or (ii) from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration in response to one or more signals generated by said computing system based on a user'"'"'s data.

31. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 30, wherein said two or more electronic locks each independently enable restricted access into two or more independent facilities.

32. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 30, wherein said two or more electronic locks each independently enable restricted access into two or more areas within a given facility.

33. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 23, wherein said barcode comprises (i) any pattern of lines, dots or shapes, (ii) a quick response code, or (iii) a data matrix type code.

34. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said computing system enables one or more separate entries into the one or more facilities within a specific period of time based on a user'"'"'s data inputted into said computing system.

35. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said computing system is further programmed to recognize current users based on (i) stored inputted user data previously inputted on the user interface display, via a payment card reader data, via an Internet web site or a local server webpage, or any combination thereof, and (ii) user interaction with said at least one component.

36. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said computing system is further programmed to (i) display a price per person, on a local or remote user interface display, for entry through the one or more doors or gates locked by said locking system, and (ii) in response to price acceptance data inputted by the user on the local or remote user interface display, sending a signal to said electronic lock to unlock said electronic lock.

37. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 22, further comprising the payment card reader.

38. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 37, further comprising the biometric reader.

39. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 21, wherein said computing system is accessible from a remote location via an electronic device.

40. The payment authorized lockable door or gate of claim 39, wherein the electronic device comprises a computer, a cellular phone, a smart phone, or a computer tablet.