Operation communication system

• US 9,292,985 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• 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): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Point, Rufus
• Application Number:
  US13/969,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.51, 340/5.85, 340/5.61, 340/5.7, 340/870.07
• 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 system, comprising:

a mobile device;

a reader device that is configured to receive and process credential information;

a cloud server connectable to the reader device through the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to transmit a unique identifier of the reader device and a unique identifier of the mobile device to the cloud server, and the cloud server is configured to grant or deny access to the reader device through the mobile device in response to the unique identifier of the reader device and the unique identifier of the mobile device;

wherein the mobile device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the cloud server to receive at least one user interface configuration option and a policy that is based on a unique identifier of the reader device, wherein the policy is pushed to the mobile device from the cloud server, and the mobile device is further configured to receive a user input to configure a personalized user interface configuration, wherein the mobile device is further configured to wirelessly transmit the personalized user interface configuration to the reader device; and

wherein the reader device is configured to receive the personalized user interface configuration from the mobile device, to implement the personalized user interface configuration, to receive additional information from the mobile device, and to perform a function based upon the additional information and the personalized user interface configuration and the policy.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless device configured to communicate configuration information via Bluetooth with at least one of the mobile device and the reader device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is at least one of a fob, a computer, a reader and a bridge.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is configured to communicate with the cloud server via a wired connection.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device and the reader device communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth.

6. A method, comprising:

connecting a reader device that receives and processes credential information to a cloud server through a mobile device;

transmitting a unique identifier of the reader device and a unique identifier of the mobile device to the cloud server with the mobile device;

from the cloud server, granting or denying access to the reader device in response to the unique identifier of the reader device and the unique identifier of the mobile device;

in response to granting access to the reader device, personalizing a user interface configuration for the reader device, wherein the mobile device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the cloud server to receive at least one user interface configuration option and a policy that is based on the unique identifier of the reader device, wherein the policy is pushed to the mobile device from the cloud server;

transmitting the user interface configuration from the mobile device to the reader device;

implementing the user interface configuration in the reader device; and

performing via the reader device a function based upon the personalized user interface configuration and the policy.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

wirelessly transmitting configuration information from a wireless device to at least one of the mobile device and the reader device via Bluetooth.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless device is at least one of a fob, a computer, a reader and a bridge.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless device is configured to communicate with the cloud server via a wired connection.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device and the reader device communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a mobile device configured to transmit a unique identifier of the mobile device and a unique identifier of a reader device that receives and processes credential information to a cloud server and, in response to the cloud server granting access to the reader device in response to the unique identifiers of the mobile device and of the reader device, the mobile device further being configured to wirelessly communicate with the cloud server to receive at least one user interface configuration option and a policy that is based on the unique identifier of the reader device, wherein the policy is pushed to the mobile device from the cloud server, wherein the mobile device is further configured to personalize a user interface configuration based on the at least one user interface configuration option and the policy, transmit the user interface configuration to the reader device, and interact with the reader device to utilize the user interface configuration according to the policy.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mobile device and the reader device communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth.