Patent ID: 9691207
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An electronic lock comprising: an interior chassis configured to house an interior portion of the electronic lock; an exterior chassis configured to house an exterior portion of the electronic lock; a latch assembly including a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position located between both the interior and exterior chassis; a circuit configured to control movement of the bolt between the extended and retracted positions; a wireless module within one of the interior and exterior chassis configured to communicate directly with a mobile device without the use of an additional, auxiliary device; a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of lock settings and a computer program code stored thereon; a processor in communication with the computer-readable memory configured to carry out instructions in accordance with the computer program code, wherein the computer program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising: sending and receiving wireless messages with the wireless module; wherein the wireless messages include an identification of changes to a plurality of lock settings; wherein the plurality of lock settings includes a command to modify a set of valid access codes; wherein the command to modify the set of valid access codes includes one of (1) adding a new valid access code and (2) deleting a valid access code; wherein responsive to the received wireless messages the processor updates the lock settings; wherein responsive to the processor updating the lock settings to one of (1) add the new valid access code and (2) delete the valid access code, the processor is configured to deny access in response to receiving the deleted access code and grant access in response to receiving the new valid access code; wherein the plurality of lock settings includes an interface with a synchronization portion updated by the processor in response to a user selecting the synchronization portion; and wherein the processor sends a message indicative of a status of the updated lock settings responsive to the wireless message.