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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Yale Security Inc., Monroe, NC (US);
Mary Moss, Nashville, TN (US);
Kevin Kraus, Monument, CO (US);
Mark A. Caterino, Prospect, CT (US);
Alicia Waters, Hermitage, TN (US);
Logan Serman, Bellevue, TN (US);
James McCracken, Franklin, TN (US);
Ronald Unger, Harvest, AL (US);
Christi Johnson, Spring Hill, TN (US);
YALE SECURITY INC., Monroe, NC (US);
Abstract
A virtual key ring is disclosed. A graphical representation of a key ring or keychain having a plurality of keys is displayed on a computing device, and a pre-determined gesture input from a user indicative of an interaction with the key ring or chain, or one of the keys is received. The wireless operation of a lock can be managed by then accessing stored information associated with a virtual key or the lock in accordance with the pre-determined gesture. Pre-determined gestures can include, for example, movement along a predefined path on a touch screen in order to select a virtual key from among the plurality of virtual keys. The computing device can be a wireless mobile computing device such as a smartphone. The computing device can use any wireless communication technology, NFC and Wi-Fi being examples.