IP Library Granted Patent US 8,706,083
Granted Patent B2
US 8,706,083 · App. 13/143,698 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Bluetooth authentication system and method

Inventor: Nicholas Hedley Willis (Remuera, NZ)
Assignee: Eckey Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,706,083
App. No.
13/143,698
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of controlling an authorization device arranged to authorize a mobile communication device, the method including the steps of: a central control device generating a control parameter associated with the one or more authorization devices, the central control device communicating the control parameter to the one or more authorization devices, the central control device generating a Bluetooth compatible PIN based on the control parameter, and the central control device communicating the PIN to a mobile communication device.

Claims (25)

1. A method of controlling an authorization device configured to authenticate a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

dynamically generating a mobile device pin for the mobile communication device calculated based on one or more parameters;

forwarding an authentication request from the authorization device to the mobile communication device;

sending the dynamically generated mobile device pin from the mobile communication device to the authorization device;

in response, dynamically generating an authorization device matching pin calculated based on the same one or more parameters used to dynamically generate the mobile device pin;

determining if the dynamically generated authorization device matching pin is the same as the dynamically generated mobile device pin and, if so, pairing the mobile communication device to the authorization device; and

upon pairing the mobile communication device to the authorization device, outputting an access control signal from the authorization device.

2. The method of claim 1 in which dynamically generating a mobile device pin for the mobile communication device includes wirelessly transmitting said dynamically generated mobile device pin to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2 in which wirelessly transmitting said dynamically generated mobile device pin to the mobile device includes one or more of an SMS, interne page, e-mail message, voice message, and postal delivery.

4. The method of claim 1 in which sending the dynamically generated mobile device pin from the mobile communication device to the authorization device includes entering the dynamically generated mobile device pin on a keyboard of the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1 in which pairing the mobile communication device to the authorization device includes Bluetooth pairing of the authorization device to the mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 1 in which outputting the access control signal from the authorization device includes controlling a lock.

7. The method of claim 1 in which said one or more parameters include a control parameter, a location information parameter, a temporal parameter, and/or the Bluetooth address of the mobile communication device.

8. An authorization device unlocking system comprising:

a mobile device pin generator configured to generate a mobile device pin calculated based on one or more parameters; and

an authorization device configured to:

receive the generated mobile device pin from the mobile communication device,

dynamically generate an authorization device matching pin calculated based on the same one or more parameters used to dynamically generate the mobile device pin,

determine if the dynamically generated authorization device matching pin is the same as the dynamically generated mobile device pin and, if so, pairing the mobile communication device to the authorization device, and

output an access control signal if the received dynamically generated mobile device pin is the same as the dynamically generated authorization device matching pin.

9. The system of claim 8 further including a central control device including the mobile device pin generator and a communication module for wirelessly transmitting said generated mobile device pin to the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 9 in which the communication module is configured to wirelessly transmitting said generated mobile device pin to the mobile device using an SMS, interne page, e-mail message, voice message, and postal delivery.

11. The system of claim 8 in which pairing the mobile communication device to the authorization device includes Bluetooth pairing of the authorization device to the mobile communication device.

12. The system of claim 8 further including a lock unlocked by the control signal output from the authorization device.

13. The system of claim 8 in which said one or more parameters include a temporal parameter, a control parameter, a location information parameter, and/or the Bluetooth address of the mobile communication device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2016
From: ECKEY CORPORATION
To: VIZPIN INC.
Reel/Frame 039067/0576 →
RECORDABLE PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 5, 2015
From: ECKEY CORPORATION
To: TOUCHPOINT, INC.
Reel/Frame 035837/0630 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2012
From: RESONANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED
To: ECKEY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028529/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2012
From: WILLIS, NICHOLAS HEDLEY
To: RESONANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027472/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
NZ 574088 · Jan 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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