Patent ID: 9483891
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G07C,H02J,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a network lock system, said method comprising: receiving, by a harvester, a first wireless signal from a network device and converting, by the harvester, the received first wireless signal into a first power signal that inserts power into a battery; determining, by a battery controller, that there is enough power in the battery to turn on a microcontroller to enable a full functionality of the network lock system and in response, turning on, by the battery controller using the power in the battery, the microcontroller; receiving, by the microcontroller after being turned on, a second wireless signal and in response, generating, by the microcontroller, a lock signal to activate a device adapter, wherein the harvester operates independently of the microcontroller; applying, by the device adapter, a second power signal to a lock mechanism, in response to the device adapter having been activated by the lock signal; and locking, by the lock mechanism, a first lock part to a second lock part together, and releasing, by the lock mechanism, the first lock part locked to the second lock part in response to the lock mechanism having received the second power signal from the device adapter.