METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY REMOTE CONTROL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A PERIPHERAL DEVICE

• US 20170178436A1
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: dormakaba Canada, Inc. (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Kaba Ilco Incorporated (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Inventors: Mills, James, Sorce, Mario, Wong, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,922,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0071 Connecting lockparts by electronic communication means only, e.g. bus systems, time multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0001 with electric actuators; Constructional features thereof for vehicles E05B81/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/04 Electrical electrical circuits E05B81/54
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00357 and the lock having more than one limited data transmission ranges
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00412 the transmitted data signal being encrypted
• 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 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/42 Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/51 Remote controlling of devices based on replies, status thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The method can include the steps of: providing a local coordinator device having at least a first peripheral association data pertaining to the at least one peripheral device; seamlessly receiving the mobile credential from the at least one mobile device with the local coordinator device; validating the received mobile device credential; and subsequently to said validating, establishing the remote control association between the at least one mobile device and the at least one peripheral device using the first peripheral association data.

Claims

1. An electronic lock system for providing temporary access to an enclosed user space having at least one peripheral device located therein, the electronic lock system comprising:

a housing;

an electronic lock made integral to the housing; and

a computer made integral to the housing, and having stored in a memory thereof a computer program code executable by the computer to;

communicate with a mobile device to access a mobile device credential stored in a memory of the mobile device during a period of authorized access of a user of the mobile device to the user space,

determine whether the mobile device credentials are valid, and, upon validating the mobile device credentials, both activating the electronic lock to provide access to the enclosed user space and establishing a pairing between the mobile device and the at least one peripheral device; and

de-establish any pairing previously established by the computer if the mobile device credentials are not validated during the determination.

2. The electronic lock system of claim 1 wherein the computer memory further has credential validation data stored thereon and wherein the step of determining whether the mobile device credentials are valid includes comparing the mobile device credential data to the credential validation data.

3. A method of establishing temporary pairing between a mobile device of a user and at least one peripheral device located in a user space, wherein the user space is enclosed by an electronic lock activatable by the mobile device via a mobile device credential stored in a memory of the mobile device during a period of authorized access of the user to the user space, the method comprising:

a local coordinator device communicating with the mobile device to access the mobile device credential, determining whether the mobile device credentials are valid, and, upon validating the mobile device credentials, establishing the pairing between the mobile device and the at least one peripheral device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the electronic lock is activatable by the mobile device via the local coordinator device, wherein the steps of communicating and determining, are performed by the local coordinator at each time an attempt is made by the user to activate the electronic lock, wherein the activation of the electronick lock is also performed only if the mobile device credentials are valid and wherein any previously established pairing between the mobile device and the at least one peripheral device is de-established if the mobile device credentials are not validated.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of establishing the pairing includes the local coordinator device storing peripheral device association data on the memory of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

the mobile device controlling the peripheral device directly using the peripheral device association data.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising storing the peripheral device association data onto the memory of the local coordinator device using a secure connection prior to the step of storing the peripheral device association data onto the memory of the mobile device.

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10. A method for establishing a remote control association between at least one mobile device and at least one peripheral device, the at least one mobile device having a mobile credential data, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a local coordinator device having peripheral association data pertaining to pairing with the at least one peripheral device and credential validation data stored in a memory thereof;

the local coordinator device accessing the credential validation data and communicating with the mobile device to determine whether the mobile device has valid mobile credential data;

upon determining that the mobile device has valid mobile credential data, establishing the remote control association between the at least one mobile device and the at least one peripheral device using the peripheral association data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the local coordinator device receiving, via trusted means and prior to initial use, the association data pertaining to the at least one peripheral device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising triggering the unlocking of the upon validation of the mobile credential data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the peripheral association data pertains to at least one peripheral device located inside a premise accessible by the door, further comprising wirelessly controlling the peripheral device in the premises using a signal from the at least one mobile device over the remote control association.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile device credential includes a validity period data indicative of an authorization period of said mobile device credential;

further comprising discontinuing the remote control association upon determining expiry of the mobile device credential.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the establishing of the remote control association includes bridging wireless communication between the at least one mobile device and the at least one peripheral device with the local coordinator device in an indirect mode of control operation.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the establishing the remote control association includes the local coordinator device includes sharing the first peripheral association data to the at least one mobile device to allow a direct mode of control operation between the at least one mobile device and the at least one peripheral device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the at least one mobile device controlling the at least one peripheral device using the first peripheral association data.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the at least one peripheral device establishing the control access with the mobile device upon validating credentials received from the mobile device.