Patent ID: 9317018
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07F,G16H,G16Z,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of configuring a universal card to emulate a key card, the method comprising: receiving, by a mobile computing device, a request to configure a universal card as a key card; establishing a short range communication link between the mobile computing device and the universal card; communicating, by the mobile computing device, an identifier of the mobile computing device to the universal card, wherein the universal card is configured to determine whether the mobile computing device is authorized to request configuration of the universal card as a key card based on the identifier of the mobile computing device; prompting, by the mobile computing device, a user of the mobile computing device for authentication information; determining, by the mobile computing device, whether the authentication information is valid; and sending, by the mobile computing device, the request to configure the universal card as a key card from the mobile computing device to the universal card in response to determining that the authentication information is valid, wherein the universal card comprises a secure element having key card information stored therein and one or more dynamic data communication mechanisms, and wherein the universal card passes the key card information from at least one of the one or more dynamic data communication mechanisms to a key card reader in response to determining that the mobile computing device is authorized to request configuration of the universal card as a key card and receiving the request to configure the universal card as a key card.