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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Inventors:
Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Telangana, IN;
Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00817 (2013.01); G07C 9/00857 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G07C 2009/00523 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00825 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for selectively opening a second lock of a plurality of locks from a first lock of the plurality of locks using short-range communications (SRC), the method including the first lock performing steps of: receiving a first credential from a portable smart device, determining if a plurality of locks is implicated in the first credential, and when the plurality of locks is implicated by the first credential, the first lock performs steps of: unlocking, and forwarding the first credential to the second lock for determining whether to unlock.