Wireless access system
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1. A module for granting authorization comprising:
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an enabling member, carried by the housing, wherein the member has first and second states;
a control circuit carried by the housing;
an access request receiving device, coupled to the circuit, for providing an electrical signal indicative of an access request;
a transceiver, coupled to the circuit for wirelessly supplying access requesting identification signals to a remote authorization unit and, for receiving access authorizing signals from the remote unit; and
a self-contained power supply carried by the housing for energizing at least the circuit and the transceiver.
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Abstract
A modular door access control system incorporates a plurality of wireless door modules. Access request signals are transmitted to a remote access control unit. The control unit transmits access authorizing control signals to a respective one of the modules. A newly installed module, in a selected mode, enters into communication with the unit. The unit in turn transmits an identifier to the module for use in identifying itself to the unit subsequently in response to a received access request.
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1. A module for granting authorization comprising:
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a housing; an enabling member, carried by the housing, wherein the member has first and second states; a control circuit carried by the housing; an access request receiving device, coupled to the circuit, for providing an electrical signal indicative of an access request; a transceiver, coupled to the circuit for wirelessly supplying access requesting identification signals to a remote authorization unit and, for receiving access authorizing signals from the remote unit; and a self-contained power supply carried by the housing for energizing at least the circuit and the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 55, 56)
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10. A device for enabling a requester to obtain a requested result comprising:
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an input device for making a request; a control unit coupled to the input device; a transceiver coupled to the control unit includes circuitry for transmitting a request identifying message and a device identifier to a remote authorization unit wherein the device identifier had previously been assigned by and received from the remote authorizing unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enabling access comprising:
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a plurality of distributable authorizing modules; and an authorization control unit wherein each of the modules and the unit are temporarily in communication in an address assigning mode wherein a unit assigned address is supplied by the unit to the respective module for storage therein. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An access authorizing system comprising:
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a plurality of authorizing modules; an access authorizing unit wherein the unit includes circuitry for responding to a transient identifying link initiated by a selected member of the plurality and for transferring an identifier thereto for storage therein. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An access control system comprising:
a plurality of access granting modules wherein the members of the plurality each include; an input device for receiving access requesting identification information, a control circuit coupled to the input device, a wireless transceiver coupled to the control circuit, an access permitting element, coupled to the control circuit having at least first and second states; and an access determining unit, displaced from at least some of the modules, wherein the unit includes at least one wireless transceiver and circuits, responsive to a request from a respective module, for assigning an identifier thereto. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A device comprising:
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a housing; an enabling element, carried by the housing, wherein the member has first and second states; a control circuit, coupled to the element and carried by the housing wherein the control circuit includes a device identifier previously received from a remote authorizing unit; at least one input device, coupled to the control circuit, wherein the input device is selected from a class which includes a card reader, a keypad, a voice detector, a palm scanner and a finger print scanner wherein the input device in response to a received request, couples an electrical signal indicative of that request to the control circuit; and a wireless transceiver, coupled to the control circuit, for wirelessly transmitting a request signal and the previously received device identifier to the remote authorizing unit, and, for receiving an authorizing signal from that unit. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An enablement system comprising:
an authorizing unit which includes a list of linked devices wherein a device that has been linked to the unit, by receipt of a linking indicator, receives an enabling command therefrom wherein the authorizing unit includes a transceiver for wireless communication with at least one device; at least one device having a transceiver for wireless communication with the authorizing unit;
a circuit for storage of a linking indicator received wirelessly from the authorizing unit;
a control circuit coupled to the transceiver and to the circuit for storage; and
at least one output line from the control circuit for providing at least a part of an authorizing signal wherein the control circuit, subsequent to an authorization requesting transmission of at least its linking indicator to the authorizing unit and a responsive enabling command therefrom, generates the at least a part of the authorizing signal on the at least one output line.- View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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57. An authorization method comprising:
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placing a selected authorization module into an identifier requesting state; transmitting, wirelessly, an identifier request to a displaced authorization control device; generating an identifier at the control device in response to a received identifier request; transmitting, wirelessly, the identifier to the authorization module; storing the received identifier at the module requesting same; placing the selected module into another state; receiving, at the selected module, a locally generated access request; and transmitting at least the stored identifier and the access request to the authorization control device. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61)
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