Patent ID: 11922744
Assignee: SECURITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic access control apparatus, comprising:
an electronic lock cylinder operably engaged with a power source, the electronic lock cylinder comprising a locking mechanism configured to be selectively engaged between a locked state and an unlocked state;
a controller operably engaged with the electronic lock cylinder to command the locking mechanism between the locked state and the unlocked state, the controller comprising at least one wireless communications interface, at least one near field communications interface, an electronic key interface, a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed, command the processor to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
receiving a first access request via the at least one wireless communications interface, wherein the first access request comprises a first access request type;
receiving a second access request via the at least one near field communications interface, wherein the second access request comprises a second access request type;
receiving a third access request via the electronic key interface, wherein the third access request comprises a third access request type;
processing one or more of the first access request, the second access request and the third access request to authenticate an authorized electronic access code, an authorized user role and an authorized access request type according to one or more configuration settings;
actuating the electronic lock cylinder to the unlocked state in response to successfully authenticating the authorized electronic access code, the authorized user role and the authorized access request type according to the one or more configuration settings; and
receiving an alternative access request comprising an alternative access request type in response to unsuccessfully authenticating one or more of the authorized electronic access code, the authorized user role and the authorized access request type.