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Secure method for controlling the opening of lock devices by means of a communicating object such as a mobile phone

US8793784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2012
Grant dateJul 29, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C2009/00769
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The method includes the steps of: a) generating by an application software (SWA) a message forming a key (DKE) comprising an encrypted data field containing a time-stamping or sequencing time marker; b) transferring the message to a portable communication device (CD), held by a user; c) transmitting the message, by short-range transmission, from the communication device to a reading interface (ERED) coupled to a lock device (LOCK); d) analyzing the message by decrypting the data field and checking the consistency of the time marker with an inner clock of the interface or with a sequence number memorized in the interface; and e) in case of compliant message, sending from the interface to the lock device a digital accreditation (OPEN) stored in memory in the interface and to operate the lock device unlocking upon recognizing the compliance of said digital accreditation.

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