Usage of GPS on door security

摘要

A lock system including an electronic lock and a wireless device having a location determining utility configured to determine a location of the wireless device. The electronic lock and the wireless device communicate wirelessly with one another and send commands to and from one another to perform a specific task when the wireless device is within a specified range of the electronic lock. The location of the wireless device and a speed of the wireless device may be used to calculate an estimated arrival of the wireless device at the electronic lock, and the specific task may be performed substantially at the estimated arrival.

主权项

1. A lock system, comprising:
an electronic lock; a wireless device having a location determining utility configured to determine a location and a speed of the wireless device and a user associated with the wireless device relative to the electronic lock; and wherein the electronic lock and the wireless device communicate wirelessly with one another and send commands to and from one another for the electronic lock to perform a specific task when the wireless device and user are within a specified range of the electronic lock, and calculate an estimated arrival time of the wireless device and the associated user at the electronic lock, wherein the specific task includes: automatically unlocking the electronic lock as the wireless device approaches the electronic lock; and in response to a first identity of a first user associated with the wireless device, automatically locking the electronic lock behind the wireless device after the wireless device passes through a door associated with the electronic lock and, in response to a second identity of a second user associated with the wireless device, leaving the electronic lock unlocked after the wireless device passes through the door associated with the electronic lock.