Patent ID: 8665064

Claim:
A building including an interior region, a plurality of doors installed in the interior region of the building, the plurality of doors being moveable between opened and closed positions controlling access to portions of the interior region of the building, a plurality of remote access control systems positioned adjacent to the plurality of doors to control access through the plurality of doors to the portions of the interior region of the building by controlling the locking and unlocking of the respective door, a plurality of central wireless communicators installed in the interior region of the building, and a central controller communicating access information to the plurality of central wireless communicators, the plurality of central wireless communicators receiving at least a portion of the access information communicated from the central controller, the plurality of central wireless communicators wirelessly transmitting wireless signals including at least a portion of the access information to the plurality of remote access control systems, the wireless signals originating within the interior region of the building, the wireless signals being transmitted prior to a user associated with the access information making an attempt to unlock a respective door, each of the remote access control systems being configured to receive the wireless signals and store at least some of the access information from the central controller, each of the remote access control systems being configured to control the locking and unlocking of the respective door using the access information stored therein, each of the plurality of remote access control systems making a decision whether to unlock the respective door in response to a user making an attempt to unlock the door based on the access information stored therein and without having to further communicate with the central controller.