Patent ID: 9582949
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07C,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of facilitating exchange of a key set comprising one or more keys at a key access location, the method comprising: scanning a key token attached to the key set to obtain a unique key identifier; identifying the key access location; assigning the key set to a bin at the key access location; and associating the bin and the key access location with the key identifier; receiving an access rule for the key set wherein the access rule identifies an authorized party; publishing the key access location to the authorized party; receiving an access request for the key set from the authorized party through a client device, the access request providing user credentials; authenticating the access request by verifying the user credentials provided in the access request against a set of credentials associated with the authorized party; and when the access request is authenticated, transmitting an access instruction for presentation of the key set.