US 12,081,983 B2
System, method, and program for controlling access to a machine or equipment
Tamir Peres, Bonita Springs, FL (US); Sunil Gupta, Naples, FL (US); Vanessa Layson, Bonita Springs, FL (US); and Suraj Pandya, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to HERC RENTALS INC., Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Filed by HERC RENTALS INC., Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,459.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,868, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229994 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/00 (2021.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/063112 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system, comprising:
a transceiver, a storage unit, and a processor;
wherein the storage unit is configured to store a database of equipment and user information, and store instructions for controlling access to equipment controlled by the computer system;
wherein the processor, by executing the instructions, is configured to:
authorize access to the equipment based on the user information in the database; and
generate an encrypted digital key after authenticating the user based on an input from the user, and an encrypted corresponding digital key that is different from the encrypted digital key to form a key pair, wherein the encrypted corresponding digital key is unique to the equipment;
wherein the transceiver is configured to:
send the encrypted digital key to a mobile device associated with the user; and
send the encrypted corresponding digital key to a telematics device of the equipment in a case that the encrypted corresponding digital key has not already been sent to or pre-stored on the telematics device;
wherein the encrypted corresponding digital key of the telematics device of the equipment is configured to validate the encrypted digital key sent to the mobile device for the mobile device to unlock the equipment remotely after the encrypted digital key is transmitted to the telematics device, and when the encrypted digital key is validated the equipment is unlocked.