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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:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Assa Abloy Limited, Willenhall, GB;

Inventors:

John Bishop, Concord, NC (US);

Monica Holman, Bedford, GB;

Duncan Winner, Olney, GB;

Assignee:

ASSA ABLOY Limited, Willenhall, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/033 (2021.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/069 (2021.01);
Abstract

It is provided method of transferring responsibility of a physical key () from a transferer () to a transferee (). The method is performed by a transferee device (), being a user device () of the transferee (). The method comprises: establishing () a local communication channel () with a user device () of the transferer (): receiving (), over the local communication channel (), a request to register that the responsibility of the physical key () is transferred from the transferer () to the transferee (): receiving () user input indicating that the responsibility of the physical key () is accepted by the transferee (); and transmitting () a confirmation of registration of transferring the responsibility of the physical key () to the transferee ().


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