US 12,283,145 B2
Method and an apparatus for switching premises
Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Telangana (IN); Aswin Sukumaran Nair, Telangana (IN); Nagamalleswara Rao Ravi, Telangana (IN); Bhanu Kiran Kamireddy, Telangana (IN); and Rakesh Sirigiripet, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/769,141
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/059077
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074724, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201911042308 (IN), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0112514 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00904 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00857 (2013.01); G07C 2009/0088 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting a request to a server for switching a first premises with a second premises, the first premises is accessed using an access card encoded with access credentials for accessing a first access terminal associated with the first premises, the first premises being a hotel room under reservation for a user;
receiving access credentials for the second premises from the server in response to the request; and
encoding the access card by replacing the access credentials for accessing the first access terminal with the access credentials to access a second access terminal associated with the second premises for permitting entry inside the second premises;
wherein the access credentials to access the second access terminal are received by an application stored in a user mobile device through a cellular communication channel or a Wi-Fi communication channel;
wherein the user mobile device encodes the access card with the access credentials to access the second access terminal by establishing a first communication channel between the user device and the access card;
wherein the user mobile device receives a message from the server for cancellation of the reservation of the first premises and a confirmation for reservation of the second premises when the second premises is available;
wherein the server determines the second premises from a list of unreserved hotel rooms available for a time period for which the first premises is reserved under the reservation.