Systems and methods for controlling access to physical space

US11282314B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Latch Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Luke Andrew SCHOENFELDER · New York, US
• Michael Brian Jones · New York, US
• Thomas Meyerhoffer · Montara, US
• Ali Akbar HUSSAIN · Plymouth, US
• Ivan Almaral SOLE · New York, US
• Travis Holt · Rapid City, US
• James Griszbacher · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C9/257
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control reader for an access control system. According to embodiments, a method can include installing the smart access control reader to the access control system by connecting the smart access control reader to the access control system via wiring of the access control system. The method can also include receiving, by the smart access control reader, one or more first credentials for authenticating one or more users by the access control system. The method can further include determining, by the smart access control reader, that the one or more first credentials are authorized. Moreover, the method can include transmitting, by the smart access control reader, a second credential to an access control panel of the access control system, in response to a request by a first user to access an area monitored by the access control system.