Systems and methods for interacting with access control devices
First Claim
1. A method for commissioning and/or configuring an access control device using a physical token and a separate portable computing device at a site of the access control device, the method including the access control device performing the steps of:
- (a) receiving data indicative of a physical local interaction with the access control device, wherein the physical local interaction with the access control device is defined by the presentation of the physical token;
(b) responsive to the data received at (a), selectively enabling a wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can temporarily communicate with the portable computing device;
(c) accepting commissioning and/or configuration information via the wireless communications protocol from the portable computing device; and
(d) after accepting commissioning and/or configuration information from the portable computing device at (c), disabling the wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can no longer communicate with the portable computing device.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for interacting with access control devices. In overview, a human user physically identifies an access control device with which he/she wishes to interact, for example in the context of providing commissioning and/or configuration data. The user then makes a physical local interaction with the device, for example by way of a smartcard having predefined characteristics. This causes the access control device to enable a wireless communications protocol, thereby to allow the user to discover the device using a portable device which implements a complementary wireless communications protocol. Commissioning information is then provided by way of the portable device to the access control device in a wireless manner. Once this is complete, the access control device disables the wireless communications protocol.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for commissioning and/or configuring an access control device using a physical token and a separate portable computing device at a site of the access control device, the method including the access control device performing the steps of:
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(a) receiving data indicative of a physical local interaction with the access control device, wherein the physical local interaction with the access control device is defined by the presentation of the physical token; (b) responsive to the data received at (a), selectively enabling a wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can temporarily communicate with the portable computing device; (c) accepting commissioning and/or configuration information via the wireless communications protocol from the portable computing device; and (d) after accepting commissioning and/or configuration information from the portable computing device at (c), disabling the wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can no longer communicate with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An access control device including:
- an interface for allowing a physical local interaction with the access control device via an access card;
a processor that is responsive to the physical local interaction with the device for selectively enabling a wireless communications protocol of the access control device in order to allow the access control device to communicate with a portable computing device that is near the access control device; a wireless communication module configured to accept commissioning and/or configuration information via the wireless communications protocol from the portable computing device; and
the processor is responsive to predefined conditions for disabling the wireless communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- an interface for allowing a physical local interaction with the access control device via an access card;
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16. A method for operating an access control device that controls access to a physical region using an access card and a separate portable computing device at a site of the access control device, the method comprising:
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(a) reading data from an access card via an access card reader of the access control device; (b) responsive to the data read at (a), selectively enabling a wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can temporarily communicate with the portable computing device; (c) accepting commissioning and/or configuration information from the portable computing device via a communications interface; and (d) after accepting commissioning and/or configuration information from the portable computing device at (c), disabling the wireless communications protocol of the access control device such that the access control device can no longer communicate with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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