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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Schlage Lock Company Llc, Carmel, IN (US);

Inventors:

John R. Ahearn, Pasadena, CA (US);

Joseph W. Baumgarte, Carmel, IN (US);

Gabriel D. Focke, Sunman, IN (US);

Michael S. Henney, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Schlage Lock Company LLC, Carmel, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00174 (2013.01); G07C 2009/0042 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00357 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2209/04 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lock system including an electronic lock and a wireless device having a location determining utility configured to determine a location of the wireless device. The electronic lock and the wireless device communicate wirelessly with one another and send commands to and from one another to perform a specific task when the wireless device is within a specified range of the electronic lock. The location of the wireless device and a speed of the wireless device may be used to calculate an estimated arrival of the wireless device at the electronic lock, and the specific task may be performed substantially at the estimated arrival.


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