US 12,333,478 B2
Lynkd portal and architecture
Ryan Hyde, Lehi, UT (US); Jacob Morrise, Lehi, UT (US); Ethan Gibson, Lehi, UT (US); and Michael Colton, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by RPH Engineering, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/286,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/635,453, filed on Feb. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0266558 A1, Aug. 29, 2019
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); H04L 9/3231 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 2209/805 (2013.01); H04L 2209/88 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a connected device having both a lock/no-access state and an unlock/access state;
wherein:
the connected device is battery-powered;
the connected device comprises hardware and software for wireless communication;
the connected device includes on-device storage configured to store an access key set comprising at least one access key;
the connected device is configured to transition from the lock/no-access state to the unlock/access state when a presented access key matches at least one access key in the access key set; and
the connected device includes at least one feature from the following list of features:
the connected device is configured to receive an updated access key set via a close-proximity wireless communication technology, wherein the updated access key set comprises at least two access keys;
the connected device is configured to wirelessly receive heartbeat updates of configuration information, wherein a heartbeat update comprises transitioning a wireless communication protocol from an off state to an on state, receiving updates of configuration information while in the on state, and then transitioning the wireless communication protocol to the off state; and
the connected device includes on-device storage configured to store a log of unlock/access events.