Patent ID: 8058971

Claim:
An access system, comprising: at least one lock configured to receive instructions from at least one key and to energize a lock mechanism to unlock the at least one lock; the at least one key configured for communicating over a primary wireless communication path with a computer via a first transmitter and a first antenna and to communicate with the at least one lock over a secondary wireless path via a second transmitter and a second antenna, the at least one key being authorized to unlock the at least one lock absent a de-authorizing instruction received over the primary wireless communications path from the computer and absent a determination that the at least one key has not been in contact with the computer over the primary wireless communication path during and/or lasting a predetermined period of time; and the computer disposed at a remote location from the at least one key, the computer configured to communicate with the at least one key over the primary wireless communication path, the computer further configured to receive usage data from the at least one key, and to send de-authorization instructions to the at least one key.