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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Nexkey, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary Kremen, Fremont, CA (US);

Jason Hart, Fremont, CA (US);

Matthew Herscovitch, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

NEXKEY, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments include a method of operating an identity receiver of a security system to process an authentication request. The method can include detecting an energy signal from a mobile device at the identity receiver using a first communication protocol; generating a handover message at the identity receiver to request a unique characteristic of the mobile device using the first communication protocol, the unique characteristic associated with a second communication protocol; receiving the unique characteristic from the mobile device at the identity receiver; and authorizing access through the security system by matching the unique characteristic to an authorized identity stored in the identity receiver.


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