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Inge Lidén

Hannu Sivonen

Jürgen Krühn

Rolf Norberg

Arnaud Lefebvre

Björn Magnusson

Gudrun Brennecke

Christophe Chanel

Lance G Schoell

Reijo Hakkarainen

Bernd Kikebusch

Walter Hammer

Christian Darmanin

Claude-Eric Jaquet

Nicolas Peguiron

Johan Warnström

Jens Gürtler

Alain Varenne

J M Thomas

Gilbert Andre

A method of authorizing a key or lock device comprises the following steps: a first user device and a first system device used in a first level of a lock system, such as at a manufacturer, are created. A first encryption key is stored in the first user device and the first system device. When the user device is to be shipped to a second level of the lock system, such as a locksmith, an authentication process is carried out between the first user device and the first system device using the first encryption key stored therein. In case the authentication process was successful, a software operation is carried out by the first system device, by which the first encryption key stored in the first user device is replaced by a second encryption key. This second encryption key is stored in second system and user devices used in the second level of the lock system, thereby making the first user device operable with the second system and user devices. This prevents unauthorized use of keys and locks.

Key and lock device

A key and lock device comprises a key having a first electronic circuit and a lock having a second electronic circuit. The key and the lock store secret information, some of which is unique for each device. The key and the lock exchange a random number through connectors and perform a calculation in the respective circuitry based on the random number and secret information. An electrical blocking mechanism is moved to a non-blocking position if a comparison of the calculations in the circuits gives the correct result.

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