Patent ID: 8264329

Claim:
A method for room activity communication comprising the steps of: a door lock/tag controller receiving door lock information from a door lock or determining door lock information from said door lock or an RFID card; optionally providing a door tag, said door tag including an associated RFID tag, said RFID tag adapted for communicating door tag information of said RFID tag to said door lock/tag controller; receiving one or more of said door lock information from said door lock/tag controller and said door tag information from said door lock/tag controller at a room controller, and associating a room address with said door lock information and/or said door tag information; forwarding said associated room address, said door lock information and/or said door tag information from said room controller to a central information system; managing said door lock information and/or said door tag information at said central information system; communicating information from said central information system to said room controller; and communicating said information received at said room controller to said door lock/tag controller.