Method for accessing a user operable device of controlled access

US7457418B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nokia · FI

Inventors

• Bjorn Bunte · Bochum, DE
• Holger Krummel · Bochum, DE
• Tilman Bollmann · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C9/27
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Method for accessing a user operable device having a limited access ability by a user. Therefore a user transmits an inquiry using a mobile device via a wide area transmission network to a key authority. The key authority retransmits an electronic access key. This access key is stored in the mobile device and later transmitted to a controller unit controlling the access the user operable device allowing the user to operate on it.