Method and system for self-discovery and management of wireless security devices
First Claim
1. A security system providing discovery of wireless security devices of a building, comprising:
- a control system for managing the wireless security devices;
one or more wireless hubs that provide slots for enabling wireless connections to the wireless security devices; and
device controllers that communicate with the control system over communications channels and poll the wireless security devices via the slots of the wireless hubs to discover changes to the wireless security devices;
wherein wireless security devices are wireless door locks.
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Abstract
A system and method for automated discovery of wireless locks in a security system allows installers to assign each wireless lock to a slot on a wireless hub that provides wireless communications to the wireless locks. Device controllers poll the wireless hubs to discover the communications paths to each wireless lock. The device controllers store the information obtained from the polling, and present the information to a control system that manages the wireless locks. This eliminates the current practice of manually updating assignment information on the control system between wireless hub slots and the wireless locks in response to additions, deletions, or relocations of wireless locks within the security system. This is especially useful in installations that include hundreds or thousands of wireless locks within office buildings, hotels, or conference centers.
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33 Claims
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1. A security system providing discovery of wireless security devices of a building, comprising:
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a control system for managing the wireless security devices; one or more wireless hubs that provide slots for enabling wireless connections to the wireless security devices; and device controllers that communicate with the control system over communications channels and poll the wireless security devices via the slots of the wireless hubs to discover changes to the wireless security devices; wherein wireless security devices are wireless door locks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32)
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19. A method for discovering wireless security devices, which are wireless door locks, in a security system including a control system, one or more wireless hubs that include slots, and device controllers for a building, the method comprising:
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the control system managing the wireless security devices; the slots of the wireless hubs enabling wireless connections to the wireless security devices; and the device controllers communicating with the control system over communications channels and polling the wireless security devices via the slots of the wireless hubs to discover changes to the wireless security devices. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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33. A security system providing discovery of wireless door locks, comprising:
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a control system for managing the wireless door locks; one or more wireless hubs that provide slots for enabling wireless connections to the wireless door locks; device controllers that communicate with the control system over communications channels and poll the wireless door locks via the slots of the wireless hubs to discover changes to the wireless door locks, device controllers including a polling daemon for polling path information of the wireless hubs to retrieve requests from the wireless door locks assigned to the slots of the wireless hubs; and channel controllers that provide the communications channels, and define a virtual controller ID for the communications channels.
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