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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Amarillo Technologies Inc, Amarillo, TX (US);
Jeffrey Joseph Ansel, Amarillo, TX (US);
Brad Anthony Ansel, Dublin, GA (US);
John James Strauman, Jr., Lutz, FL (US);
Nicholas Patrick Johns, Lutz, FL (US);
Jerry Douglas Harder, Parkland, FL (US);
James Andrew Gardiner, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Mark Lyman Kelly, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);
Amarillo Technologies Inc., Amarillo, TX (US);
Abstract
Herein is disclosed various embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling access to a digital key or keys used to unlock locks that safeguard the lives of service personnel. According to some embodiments, the systems, methods and apparatuses guide a user through a process by which a user may observe a system of equipment to be in a safe state for servicing. According to some embodiments, such process may be cooperative, so that the process must be completed by more than one user of the systems, methods and processes. According to some embodiments, in the wake of a user concluding the process, the systems, methods and apparatuses cooperate to inform a user of whether or not a system being serviced by the user has changed its safety state in the wake of the user having completed the aforementioned process.