Systems and methods for dynamically delivering access credentials for locking systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12167293-B2
Application number	US-202217698580-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2022
Priority date	Mar 8, 2019
Publication date	Dec 10, 2024
Grant date	Dec 10, 2024

Abstract

A lock system includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store an access credential for a locking device. The access credential is associated with a user. The access credential has a lifespan. The processing circuit is further configured to deliver the access credential to a user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the locking device with the user device, monitor a frequency at which the user device accesses the locking device using the access credential, and adjust the lifespan of the access credential based on the frequency.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lock system comprising:
a processing circuit configured to:
store an access credential for a locking device, the access credential associated with a user, the access credential having a lifespan;
deliver the access credential to a user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the locking device with the user device;
monitor a frequency at which the user device accesses the locking device using the access credential; and
adjust the lifespan of the access credential based on the frequency;

wherein the processing circuit is configured to increase the lifespan for the access credential in response to the user device accessing the locking device more frequently and decrease the lifespan for the access credential in response to the user device accessing the locking device less frequently; and
wherein increasing the lifespan permits the access credential to remain active and stored offline on the user device for a longer duration of time.

2. The lock system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
store a plurality of access credentials associated with the user and associated with a plurality of locking devices, the plurality of access credentials including the access credential;
deliver one or more of the plurality of access credentials to the user device according to a first delivery protocol;
monitor a current loading on the processing circuit; and
deliver one or more of the plurality of access credentials to the user device according to a second delivery protocol different than the first delivery protocol in response to the current loading on the circuit exceeding a load threshold.

3. The lock system of claim 2 , further comprising the plurality of locking devices.

4. The lock system of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the plurality of locking devices is disconnected from and unable to directly communicate with the processing circuit.

5. The lock system of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of locking devices is configured to:
receive a respective access credential from the user device; and
decide to initiate an access control session with the user device independent of the processing circuit based on the respective access credential received from the user device.

6. The lock system of claim 2 , wherein the first delivery protocol is a geofence delivery protocol and the second delivery protocol is a non-geofence delivery protocol.

7. The lock system of claim 2 , wherein the first delivery protocol is a first non-geofence delivery protocol and the second delivery protocol is a second non-geofence delivery protocol.

8. The lock system of claim 1 , wherein the access credential is a first access credential, the locking device is a first locking device, the user device is a first user device, and the user is a first user, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
store a second access credential for a second locking device, the second access credential associated with a second user;
monitor a current loading on the processing circuit;
deliver the first access credential to the first user device and the second access credential to a second user device according to a first delivery protocol in response to the current loading being less than a load threshold; and
deliver the first access credential to the first user device according to a second delivery protocol and the second access credential to the second user device according to the first delivery protocol in response to the current loading exceeding the load threshold.

9. The lock system of claim 8 , wherein the first user has a different permission level than the second user.

10. The lock system of claim 8 , wherein the first user has a different subscription level than the second user.

11. The lock system of claim 8 , wherein the first delivery protocol is a geofence delivery protocol and the second delivery protocol is a non-geofence delivery protocol.

12. The lock system of claim 8 , wherein the first delivery protocol is a first non-geofence delivery protocol and the second delivery protocol is a second non-geofence delivery protocol.

13. The lock system of claim 1 , wherein:
the access credential is a first access credential, the lifespan is a first lifespan, and the locking device is a first locking device;
the processing circuit is configured to:
store a second access credential for a second locking device, the second access credential associated with the user, the second access credential having a second lifespan; and
deliver the second access credential to the user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the second locking device with the user device; and

the first lifespan is different than the second lifespan.

14. A method comprising:
storing, by a processing circuit, an access credential for a locking device, the access credential associated with a user, the access credential having a lifespan;
delivering, by the processing circuit, the access credential to a user device associated with the user to facilitate accessing the locking device with the user device;
monitoring, by the processing circuit, a frequency at which the user device accesses the locking device using the access credential; and
adjusting, by the processing circuit, the lifespan of the access credential based on the frequency;
wherein adjusting the lifespan includes increasing the lifespan for the access credential in response to the user device accessing the locking device more frequently and decreasing the lifespan for the access credential in response to the user device accessing the locking device less frequently; and
wherein increasing the lifespan permits the access credential to remain active and stored offline on the user device for a longer duration of time.

Assignees

• Master Lock Co

Inventors

• Bartucci John
• Anderson Kevin
• Banach Brad
• Miller Greg

Classifications

• H04L67/52

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• H04W64/003

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• H04W4/023

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• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G07C2209/63

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