US 12,033,449 B2
Managing administration privileges of an electronic lock
Stefan Strömberg, Stockholm (SE); Eric Thomsen, Bromma (SE); Poyan Daneshnejad, Nacka (SE); and Sona Singh, Täby (SE)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 16/982,943
Filed by ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059144
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/197491, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18166786 (EP), filed on Apr. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0019970 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00817 (2013.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00825 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00841 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing administration privileges of an electronic lock, the method being performed in the electronic lock and comprising:
receiving a first signal from a first mobile device, the first signal comprising a first code entered by a user to the first mobile device, and an identifier of the first mobile device;
determining that the first mobile device has administration privileges to the electronic lock, such that the first mobile device has a right to configure access rights for additional mobile devices;
storing the first code from the first signal in persistent memory of the electronic lock;
receiving a second signal from a second mobile device, the second signal comprising a second code entered by a user to the second mobile device, and an identifier of the second mobile device; and
granting administration privileges to the lock for the second mobile device only when the second code matches the first code.