Patents by Inventor Fabrice Jean HOERNER

Fabrice Jean HOERNER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9763086
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and system to control the unlocking of an entry for a guest having a wireless device by an owner access point. A virtual key for a wireless device and an access control rule associated with the virtual key may be stored at the owner access point. The owner access point may determine whether a virtual key received from a wireless device matches the stored virtual key and whether the access control rule for the stored virtual key is satisfied. If the virtual key matches, and the access control rule for the stored virtual key is satisfied, the owner access point may transmit an open command to the entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olivier Jean Benoit, Fabrice Jean Hoerner
  • Publication number: 20150067792
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and system to control the unlocking of an entry for a guest having a wireless device by an owner access point. A virtual key for a wireless device and an access control rule associated with the virtual key may be stored at the owner access point. The owner access point may determine whether a virtual key received from a wireless device matches the stored virtual key and whether the access control rule for the stored virtual key is satisfied. If the virtual key matches, and the access control rule for the stored virtual key is satisfied, the owner access point may transmit an open command to the entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olivier Jean BENOIT, Fabrice Jean HOERNER