Patent ID: 11861946
Assignee: DAUNTLESS LABS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for performing a method for operating a locking system including a lock configured to have a locked state or an unlocked state, wherein the locking system comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the method comprises:
maintaining information related to the lock, including information related to a current state of the lock, in the memory;
changing a current state of the lock from a locked state to an unlocked state based on an exchange of information, via a wireless interface, between a mobile device and the locking system, wherein the exchange of information includes a use of a shared digital key associated with at least one of a set of authorized persons allowed to change a state of the lock, wherein the lock operates in a first mode and a second mode, and
wherein in the first mode, to change a state of the lock both: (1) identity-related information from a person attempting to change a state of the lock and (2) the shared digital key is required, and
wherein in the second mode, to change the state of the lock only the shared digital key is required,

wherein in both the first mode and the second mode, after changing the state of the lock, obtaining operational requirements associated with the transaction resulting in the changing of the state of the lock from the locked state of the lock to the unlocked state of the lock and automatically enforcing conformance with obtained operational requirements; and
allowing communication with a remote computing platform based on a designated storage mechanism access policy, wherein the remote computing platform is configurable to provide additional storage functionality to the locking system regarding policies related to the lock.