US 12,437,596 B2
Methods and devices for physical access control systems
Toby Mark Padilla, Lakewood, CO (US); Nathan Stevens, Denver, CO (US); Tom Edward Stephens, Westminster, CO (US); and Masha Leah Davis, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,049.
Application 18/049,049 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,891, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,514,741.
Application 17/130,891 is a continuation of application No. 16/468,903, granted, now 10,909,791, previously published as PCT/IB2017/001717, filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/435,502, filed on Dec. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075974 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)
CPC G07C 9/28 (2020.01) [G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an access control system, the method comprising:
forming a wired network that enables communication between a plurality of physical access control readers and at least one access control panel utilizing a first communication protocol, the at least one access control panel assisting the plurality of physical access control readers in making access control decisions;
forming, in response to determining a triggering event has occurred, connections to a second network that enables communication between the plurality of physical access control readers using a WiFi communication protocol;
enabling communication between the plurality of physical access control readers and a plurality of mobile communication devices using a proximity-based communication protocol;
enabling communication between the plurality of mobile communication devices and one or more servers, separate from the at least one access control panel, using a second communication protocol;
exchanging, wirelessly using at least one of the WiFi communication protocol or the proximity-based communication protocol, at least one of a notification, device tracking information, device status information, or a reader update between two or more of the plurality of physical access control readers for use of the at least one of the notification, device tracking information, device status information, or reader update by each of the two or more of the plurality of physical access control readers; and
communicating, to at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices, a message corresponding to the exchanging between the two or more of the plurality of physical access control readers.