US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY on Sept. 1 for "Determining when to establish a communication channel for access control" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,473, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Determining when to establish a communication channel for access control" was invented by Fredrik Einberg (Huddinge, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a method for determining when to establish a communication channel using an electronic lock (12) controlling access to a restricted physical space (16). The method is performed by a portable key device (2). The method comprises: obtaining (40) a first time-indicator indicating when the portable key device (2) detects a stop in motion of the portable key device (2); receiving (42) a broadcast message ...