Patent ID: 9367975
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G07C,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An access system allowing a user to access a restricted area using a wireless user device, the access system comprising: a database storing access permissions identifying at least one wireless user device authorized to access said restricted area and one access node authorized to permit access to said restricted area; an access governor including a locking device securing a restricted area, said locking device having a short-range wireless receiver suitable for receiving unlock commands and responding by allowing a user access to said restricted area; an access node, separate from said locking device, positioned near said restricted area and having a short-range wireless radio for connecting to the wireless user device; a server operable to receive an unlock request associated with a wireless user device and a structure from said access node and transmit an authorized request to said access node upon authorizing said unlock request using said database, wherein said unlock request is authorized only if received from an access node authorized to permit access to said restricted area and originated from a wireless user device authorized to access said restricted area.