Bluetooth™ based security system
First Claim
1. A Bluetooth based security system, comprising:
- a secured device (SD) equipped with a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver;
a plurality of Bluetooth Access Points (BTAPs) located at designated points to establish a BT link with said secured device (SD) to receive data from and transmit data to said secured device (SD); and
a security server (SS) connected to all BTAPs and arranged to provide access control and security services for said secured device (SD),wherein said security server (SS) to obtain attribute information of said secured device (SD), including an unique device identification (ID) and a last known location of said secured device (SD), to activate a lock with said secured device (SD), and to send location information of a designated BTAP and an unlock code to said secured device (SD), via said designated BTAP.
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Abstract
A Bluetooth based security system utilized to provide ad-hoc security services to secured assets. Such a Bluetooth based security system comprises a secured device (SD) equipped with Bluetooth (BT) technology; a plurality of Bluetooth Access Points (BTAPs) located at designated points to establish a BT link with the secured device (SD); and a security server (SS) connected to all BTAPs and arranged to provide access control and security services for the secured device (SD), wherein the security server (SS) obtains attribute information of the secured device (SD), including an unique device identification (ID) and a last known location of the secured device (SD), activates a lock with the secured device (SD), and sends location information of a designated BTAP and an unlock code to the secured device (SD), via the designated BTAP.
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30 Claims
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1. A Bluetooth based security system, comprising:
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a secured device (SD) equipped with a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver; a plurality of Bluetooth Access Points (BTAPs) located at designated points to establish a BT link with said secured device (SD) to receive data from and transmit data to said secured device (SD); and a security server (SS) connected to all BTAPs and arranged to provide access control and security services for said secured device (SD), wherein said security server (SS) to obtain attribute information of said secured device (SD), including an unique device identification (ID) and a last known location of said secured device (SD), to activate a lock with said secured device (SD), and to send location information of a designated BTAP and an unlock code to said secured device (SD), via said designated BTAP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing security services for a secured device equipped with Bluetooth, comprising:
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installing a plurality Bluetooth Access Points (BTAPs) at designated points to establish a BT link with said secured device (SD); connecting a security server (SS) to all BTAPs to provide access control and security services for said secured device (SD); and after said secured device (SD) establishes a BT link to send and receive data with a designated BTAP, enabling said security server (SS) to obtain attribute information of said secured device (SD), including an unique device identification (ID) and a last known location of said secured device (SD), activate a lock with said secured device (SD), and send location information of a designated BTAP and an unlock code to said secured device (SD), via said designated BTAP. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a security server (SS) providing security services for a secured device (SD) equipped with Bluetooth via a plurality of Bluetooth Access Points (BTAPs), cause the processor to perform:
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establishing a link with said secured device (SD) to receive data from and transmit data to said secured device (SD) via a designated BTAP, when said secured device (SD) is in proximity of said designated BTAP; obtaining attribute information of said secured device (SD), including an unique device identification (ID) and a last known location of said secured device (SD); activating a lock with said secured device (SD), via said designated BTAP, upon a request from said secured device (SD) or upon an expiration of a pre-defined timeout value; sending location information of said designated BTAP and an unlock code to said secured device (SD), via said designated BTAP. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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