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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Master Lock Company Llc, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Scott Kalous, Kenosha, WI (US);
Kieran MacCourt, West Yorkshire, GB;
Master Lock Company LLC, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for performing a lockout-tagout procedure includes reading, by a sensor of a portable device, a location tag positioned at a location or on a device that an electronic lock is associated with to acquire a location identifier; acquiring, by a communication device of the portable device, audit data from the electronic lock regarding at least one of a lock event or an unlock event of the electronic lock; and at least one of transmitting, by the communication device of the portable device, the audit data and the location identifier to a remote server configured to provide for determination of compliance with the lockout-tagout procedure using the audit data and the location identifier; or interpreting, by a processing circuit of the portable device, the audit data and the location identifier to determine at least one of the lock event or the unlock event is part of the lockout-tagout procedure.