Patent ID: 8358197

Claim:
An electronic door lock system, comprising: an electrically actuated arm having an arm actuation in a first position to allow access to a vehicle and a second position to secure the vehicle; a wireless mesh network and a mesh network lock controller to wirelessly communicate with one or more energy management appliances including electricity meters, wherein the wireless network and the mesh network lock controller also communicates with one or more vehicle door locks of the vehicle; a mesh network key accessed by a user and coupled to the wireless network and the mesh network lock controller to send a code; wherein the wireless mesh network comprises a full function device that communicates with logical device types including a coordinator node, a router node, and an end node, and wherein data is forwarded from node to node to a destination so that data reaches the destination even if one or more nodes fail, wherein the coordinator node establishes the network and define main parameters, wherein the end node comprises a reduced function device and does not participate in routing.