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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Nokē, Inc., Lehi, UT (US);
David P. Gengler, Draper, UT (US);
Arthur Healey, Centerville, UT (US);
Cameron Gibbs, Draper, UT (US);
NOKE, INC., Lehi, UT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are electronic padlocks and related methods. An electronic padlock includes a lock body, a shank, and a locking mechanism operably coupled to electronic circuitry configured to detect physical interactions of a user with the shank and control the locking mechanism. A method of operating the electronic padlock includes detecting physical interactions of a user with a shank of an electronic padlock, comparing the detected physical interactions with a stored predetermined series of physical interactions, and transitioning from a locked state to an unlocked state responsive to determining that the detected physical interactions match the predetermined series of physical interactions. A method of transforming a mobile device into a device configured to interface with an electronic padlock includes distributing computer-readable instructions configured to instruct one or more processors of the mobile device to display a graphical user interface configured to enable a user to alter settings of the electronic padlock.