Access control provisioning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10282927-B1
Application number	US-201815940257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2018
Priority date	Mar 29, 2017
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

Method, systems, devices, and techniques for access control provisioning are described. A monitoring system configured to monitor a property includes an access control device that is configured to receive an access control request and provide access to a portion of the property in response to the request. The system also includes a control unit or board that is configured to transmit, through a particular relay out of multiple relays, the access control request. The control unit further receives data indicating that the access control device received the access control request and determines that the particular relay corresponds to the access control device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising:
an input device that is located at the property and that is configured to transmit data indicating an interaction with the input device;
an access control device that is configured to:
receive an access control request; and
provide access to a portion of the property in response to the access control request;
a monitor control unit that (i) includes an input terminal and (ii) is configured to:
transmit, through a given relay of a plurality of relays, a given access control request;
receive data indicating that the access control device received the given access control request;
based on the data indicating that the access control device received the given access control request, determine that the given relay of the plurality of relays corresponds to the access control device;
receive, through the input terminal, the data indicating the interaction with the input device;
receive, from a client device, data indicating that the input device is associated with a door; and
based on the data indicating that the input device is associated with the door, determine that the given input terminal and the input device both correspond to the door.

2. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
an additional access control device that is configured to:
receive an additional access control request; and
provide access to an additional portion of the property in response to the additional access control request,
wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
receive additional data indicating that the additional access control device did not receive the given access control request; and
based on the additional data indicating that the additional access control device did not receive the given access control request, determine that the given relay of the plurality of relays does not correspond to the additional access control device.

3. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
an additional access control device that is configured to:
receive an additional access control request;
provide access to an additional portion of the property in response to the additional access control request,
wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
transmit, through an additional relay of the plurality of relays, an additional access control request;
receive additional data indicating that the additional access control device received the additional access control request; and
based on the additional data indicating that the additional access control device received the additional access control request, determine that the additional relay of the plurality of relays corresponds to the additional access control device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
based on transmitting, through the given relay of the plurality of relays, the given access control request, transmit, to the client device, additional data indicating that the monitor control unit transmitted the given access control request,
wherein the additional data indicating that the access control device received the given access control request is received from the client device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
before transmitting, through the given relay of the plurality of relays, the given access control request, determine that the given relay does not correspond to an additional access control device, wherein transmitting, through the given relay of a plurality of relays, the given access control request is based on determining that the given relay does not correspond to the additional access control device.

6. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
an additional access control device that is configured to:
receive an additional access control request; and
provide access to an additional portion of the property in response to the additional access control request,

wherein the monitor control unit is configured to:
after transmitting, through the given relay of the plurality of relays, the given access control request, determine that a particular amount of time has elapsed; and
determine that the given relay of the plurality of relays does not correspond to the additional access control device based on determining that the particular amount of time has elapsed after transmitting, through the given relay of the plurality of relays, the given access control request.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the access control device is configured to provide access to the portion of the property through the door, and
the monitor control unit is configured to:
based on determining that the given relay of the plurality of relays corresponds to the access control device, determine that the given relay of the plurality of relays and the access control device both correspond to the door.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input device is an electronic card reader or a request to exit device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the access control device is a magnetic door lock or an electronic door lock.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
transmitting, through a given relay of a plurality of relays included in a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, a given access control request;
receiving, by an access control device of the monitoring system, the given access control request, wherein the access control device is configured to provide access to a portion of the property in response to an access control request;
receiving, by the monitoring system, data indicating that the access control device received the given access control request;
based on the data indicating that the access control device received the given access control request, determining, by the monitoring system, that the given relay of the plurality of relays corresponds to the access control device;
receiving, through an input terminal included in the monitoring system, data indicating an interaction with the input device;
receiving, from a client device and by the monitoring system, data indicating that the input device is associated with a door; and
based on the data indicating that the input device is associated with the door, determining, by the monitoring system, that the given input terminal and the input device both correspond to the door.

11. The method of claim 10 , comprising:
receiving, by the monitoring system, additional data indicating that an additional access control device did not receive the given access control request, wherein the additional access control device is configured to provide access to an additional portion of the property in response to receiving additional access control request; and
based on the additional data indicating that the additional access control device did not receive the given access control request, determining, by the monitoring system that the given relay of the plurality of relays does not correspond to the additional access control device.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
transmitting, through an additional relay of the plurality of relays, an additional access control request;
receiving, by the monitoring system, additional data indicating that an additional access control device received the additional access control request, wherein the additional access control device is configured to provide access to an additional portion of the property in response to receiving the additional access control request; and
based on the additional data indicating that the additional access control device received the additional access c

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Hutz David James
• Furtuna Andrei Aurelian
• Camargo Fabian Emilio Philipe
• Kinney Abraham Joseph
• Weingart Noah Robert

Classifications

• G07C9/00817

  where the code of the lock can be programmed · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G07C9/20 Primary

  involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G07C9/00571 Primary

  operated by interacting with a central unit · CPC title

• G08B5/00

  Visible signalling systems, e.g. visible personal calling systems or remote indication of seats occupied · CPC title