Distributed cloning tool assembly, system, and method for replication of vehicle access devices
Provided is a system and method for duplicating a master key for a vehicle. The system includes determining that a first device is communicating with a t/r device, the t/r device including an antenna for communicating with the master key. A cloning application associated with said t/r device may be operating on the first device. The t/r device may retrieve security information from said master key. The cloning application may communicate the security information for said master key to said central network system. The central network system may generate duplicate security information. The central network system may communicate the duplicate security information to the cloning application. The cloning application may transmit the duplicate security information to the t/r device to program a duplicate master key with the duplicate security information.
1. A method for duplicating an access device, comprising:
providing a first computing device configured to communicate with a transmitter/receiver device (t/r device), the t/r device including an antenna for wirelessly communicating with a master key for a vehicle;
running a cloning application associated with said t/r device on the first computing device, the cloning application configured to electronically communicate with the t/r device;
retrieving, by the antenna of the t/r device, security information digitally stored by said master key;
communicating, by the cloning application, the security information for said master key to said network server;
generating, by the network server, a cloning security information;
communicating, by the network server, the cloning security information to the cloning application; and
transmitting, by the cloning application, the cloning security information to the t/r device to program an electronic access device of a generally programmable duplicate key with the cloning security information.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: in response to retrieving, by the t/r device, security information from said master key, determining, by the cloning application, whether the security information is encrypted and generating the cloning security information.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: in response to communicating, by the cloning application, the security information for said master key to said network server, determining, by the network server, whether the security information is encrypted; and generating the cloning security information.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: capturing at least one image of a blade of said master key, communicating said at least one image of said blade to said network server, cutting a duplicate blade of a generally programmable duplicate key, and providing said generally programmable duplicate key to said customer.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: placing said generally programmable duplicate key in proximity with said vehicle, sampling communications between said generically programmable duplicate key and said vehicle to generate authentication sample data.
6. A vehicle access device duplication system comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executing instructions that, when executed, cause a cloning application to perform steps comprising:
determining that a first device of a customer is communicating with a transmitter/receiver device (t/r device), the t/r device including an antenna ring for wirelessly communicating with an access device for a vehicle;
retrieving security information digitally stored by said access device;
communicating the security information for said access device to a network server;
generating a cloning security information; and
transmitting the cloning security information to the t/r device to program a duplicate access device with the cloning security information; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions.