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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Bich T. Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory D. Pelton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Labhesh Patel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Bich T. Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory D. Pelton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Labhesh Patel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, providing an endpoint access to a locked target includes receiving a virtual key at a grantee endpoint through a wireless link. The virtual key results from a permission from a grantor endpoint, and is operable to unlock a physical lock of the target. The virtual key is wirelessly transmitted to a management system of the target to unlock the lock.