Operation communication system

• US 9,536,363 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Original Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Inventors: Ahearn, John Robert, Baumgarte, Joseph Wayne, Focke, Gabriel Daniel, Henney, Michael Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin
• Application Number:
  US13/969,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.51, 340/5.64
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00412 the transmitted data signal being encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00841 by a portable device
• 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 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00817 where the code of the lock can be programmed
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• 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

An operation communication system is provided including a server, a mobile device, and a reader device. The server and the reader device communicate data with one another via the mobile device. The mobile device may communicates with the reader device via Bluetooth, for example. The mobile device may communicate with the server via the Internet, for example. Associated methods, devices and apparatuses are also provided.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing wireless communication between a mobile device and a reader device;

transmitting a reader device identification from the reader device to the mobile device;

transmitting the reader device identification and a mobile device identification from the mobile device to a server;

determining via the server whether the mobile device is permitted access to the reader device based at least in part on the reader device identification and the mobile device identification;

transmitting a grant/deny message from the server to the mobile device based upon the determining;

transmitting the grant/deny message from the mobile device to the reader device;

generating a personalized user interface configuration on the mobile device for the reader device in response to selections made by a user on the mobile device, wherein the personalized user interface configuration is selected from dynamically set individual user polices that are based on the mobile device identification and pushed from the server to the mobile device that identify access rights of the user to one of a zone, a building, and a door controlled by the reader device;

communicating the personalized user interface configuration from the mobile device to the reader device; and

implementing the personalized user interface configuration on the reader device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting via the reader device an advertisement indicating a presence of the reader device to the mobile device;

scanning via the mobile device for the advertisement; and

wherein the establishing is performed by the reader device receiving a response to the advertisement from the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting is performed while the reader device is in a low power sleep state.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the scanning is performed when the mobile device is in a low power scan mode.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting via the server additional credential information from the mobile device;

transmitting the additional credential information from the mobile device to the server; and

wherein the determining is further based upon the additional credential information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising inputting the additional credential information into the mobile device in response to the requesting.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the additional credential information includes data relating to at least one of a pin code, a passphrase, a gesture with the mobile device, facial recognition, and voice recognition.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising encrypting at least one of the reader device identification and the grant/deny message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reader device comprises an electronic lock.

10. A system, comprising:

a reader device; and

a mobile device in communication with a server and in wireless communication with the reader device;

wherein the reader device has a reader device identification and is configured to transmit the reader device identification wirelessly to the mobile device;

wherein the mobile device includes a mobile device identification and is configured to transmit the reader device identification and the mobile device identification to the server;

wherein the server is configured to make a determination in real-time whether the mobile device is permitted access to the reader device based at least in part on the reader device identification and the mobile device identification, the server further configured to transmit a grant/deny message to the mobile device based on the determination;

wherein the mobile device is configured to transmit the grant/deny message to the reader device;

wherein the mobile device is configured to generate a personalized user interface configuration for the reader device in response to selections made by a user on the mobile device, wherein the personalized user interface configuration is selected from dynamically set individual user policies that are based on the mobile device identification and pushed from the server to the mobile device that identify access rights of the user to one of a zone, a building, and a door controlled by the reader device;

wherein the mobile device is configured to communicate the personalized user interface configuration from the mobile device to the reader device; and

wherein the reader device is configured to implement the personalized user interface configuration on the reader device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the server comprises a cloud server.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the reader device identification and the grant/deny message is encrypted.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile device comprises a smartphone.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the reader device comprises an electronic lock.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the reader device includes a low power sleep state;

and

wherein the reader device is configured to advertise its presence to the mobile device while in the low power sleep state.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile device is configured to scan for one or more of the reader devices in wireless communication range and to initiate wireless communication with the one or more of the reader devices that are determined to be in wireless communication range.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the server is configured to transmit a message to the mobile device indicative of a requirement for additional credential information;

and

wherein a user of the mobile device is prompted to input the additional credential information into the mobile device.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a mobile device configured to receive a reader device identification from a reader device via Bluetooth communication, transmit a mobile device identification and the reader device identification to a server via the Internet, receive a grant/deny message from the server, and transmit the grant/deny message to the reader device, wherein the mobile device is further configured to generate a personalized user interface configuration for the reader device in response to selections made by a user on the mobile device, wherein the personalized user interface configuration is selected from dynamically set individual user policies that are based on the mobile device identification and pushed from the server to the mobile device that identify access rights of the user to one of a zone, a building, and a door controlled by the reader device, and the mobile device is further configured to communicate the personalized user interface configured from the mobile device to the reader device for implementation of the personalized user interface configuration on the reader device.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the mobile device is further configured to receive a request from the server for additional credential information, receive a user input that includes additional credential information, and transmit the additional credential information to the server.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the additional credential information includes data relating to at least one of a pin code, a passphrase, a gesture with the mobile device, facial recognition, and voice recognition.