US 12,002,311 B2
Blockchain supported smart lock system
Devu Manikantan Shila, West Hartford, CT (US); Adriaan Larmuseau, Shanghai (CN); Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US); and Yuri Novozhenets, Pittsford, NY (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/058,877
Filed by CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/064729
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/118079, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811487160.8 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287463 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00857 (2013.01); H04L 9/088 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a server including at least one processor and at least one storage medium;
a blockchain application stored in the at least one storage medium and executed by the at least one processor;
a data file stored in the at least one storage medium and applied by the blockchain application, the data file including a plurality of linked blocks each including a respective transaction data of a plurality of transaction data, wherein each one of the plurality of transaction data includes a respective event and a time stamp;
the blockchain application configured to output an authorization based on a current grant event of a transaction data of the plurality of transaction data;
a lock assembly; and
a digital key adapted to operate the lock assembly, wherein at least one of the lock assembly and the digital key is configured to receive the authorization in order for the digital key to operate the lock assembly;
wherein the lock assembly includes a lock processor and is configured to send a transaction data signal indicative of an event and to the processor of the server, the blockchain application adding a linked block to the data file, the linked block corresponding to the transaction data signal indicative of the event.