Patent ID: 11962594
Assignee: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of using a blockchain in an access control environment, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a mobile device, a request to access a passageway secured by a lock device to a first node device, wherein a plurality of node devices including the first node device store the blockchain;
receiving, by the mobile device, a lock-specific access token from one of the plurality of node devices in response to validation of a blockchain transaction associated with the request received from the mobile device by the plurality of node devices;
transmitting, by the mobile device, the lock-specific access token to the lock device;
receiving, by the mobile device, a verification message from the lock device in response to successful authentication of the lock-specific access token, wherein successful authentication is associated with a grant of access to the passageway; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, a notification of verification to the first node device to amend the blockchain.