US 11,861,946 B2
Locking system with a lock operable in different modes for allowing access using a sharable digital key
Ranjeev K. Singh, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dauntless Labs, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Dauntless Labs, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,726.
Application 17/487,726 is a continuation of application No. 17/034,587, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Application 17/034,587 is a continuation of application No. 16/225,006, filed on Dec. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,825,275, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0020235 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 16/18 (2019.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/00563 (2013.01) [G06F 16/1805 (2019.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking system including a lock configured to have a locked state or an unlocked state, the locking system further comprising:
a processor;
a memory; and
instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the locking system:
to maintain information related to the lock, including information related to a current state of the lock,
to change a current state of the lock from a locked state to an unlocked state based on an exchange of information, via a wireless interface, between a mobile device and the locking system, wherein the exchange of information includes a use of a shared digital key associated with at least one of a set of authorized persons allowed to change a state of the lock, wherein the lock operates in a first mode and a second mode,
wherein in the first mode, to change a state of the lock both: (1) identity-related information from a person attempting to change a state of the lock and (2) the shared digital key is required, and
wherein in the second mode, to change the state of the lock only the shared digital key is required,
wherein in both the first mode and the second mode, after changing the state of the lock, to obtain operational requirements associated with the transaction resulting in the changing of the state of the lock from the locked state of the lock to the unlocked state of the lock and automatically enforce conformance with obtained operational requirements, and
to communicate with a remote computing platform based on a designated storage mechanism access policy, wherein the remote computing platform is configurable to provide additional storage functionality to the locking system regarding policies related to the lock.