Patents by Inventor Frederick Holt

Frederick Holt 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).

  • Technologies for access control communications
    Patent number: 11800359
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a gateway device and from an access control device, credential data received by the access control device from a mobile device in response to presentation of the mobile device to the access control device, comparing the credential data to a gateway credential list stored in a memory of the gateway device, the gateway credential list identifying a plurality of credentials associated with the gateway device, and each credential of the plurality of credentials associated with a unique credential index, transmitting, to a server, the unique credential index associated with the credential data in response to determining that the credential data matches a corresponding credential in the gateway credential list, and receiving, from the server, an access control decision associated with the credential data in response to transmitting the unique credential index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Holt, Dennis T. Anfield, Nathanael L. Thomas, Joseph W. Baumgarte
  • TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACCESS CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220007190
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a gateway device and from an access control device, credential data received by the access control device from a mobile device in response to presentation of the mobile device to the access control device, comparing the credential data to a gateway credential list stored in a memory of the gateway device, the gateway credential list identifying a plurality of credentials associated with the gateway device, and each credential of the plurality of credentials associated with a unique credential index, transmitting, to a server, the unique credential index associated with the credential data in response to determining that the credential data matches a corresponding credential in the gateway credential list, and receiving, from the server, an access control decision associated with the credential data in response to transmitting the unique credential index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Frederick Holt, Dennis T. Anfield, Nathanael L. Thomas, Joseph W. Baumgarte
  • TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACCESS CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210099880
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a gateway device and from an access control device, credential data received by the access control device from a mobile device in response to presentation of the mobile device to the access control device, comparing the credential data to a gateway credential list stored in a memory of the gateway device, the gateway credential list identifying a plurality of credentials associated with the gateway device, and each credential of the plurality of credentials associated with a unique credential index, transmitting, to a server, the unique credential index associated with the credential data in response to determining that the credential data matches a corresponding credential in the gateway credential list, and receiving, from the server, an access control decision associated with the credential data in response to transmitting the unique credential index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick Holt, Dennis Troy Anfield, Nathanael L. Thomas, Joseph W. Baumgarte
  • Technologies for access control communications
    Patent number: 10952077
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by a gateway device and from an access control device, credential data received by the access control device from a mobile device in response to presentation of the mobile device to the access control device, comparing the credential data to a gateway credential list stored in a memory of the gateway device, the gateway credential list identifying a plurality of credentials associated with the gateway device, and each credential of the plurality of credentials associated with a unique credential index, transmitting, to a server, the unique credential index associated with the credential data in response to determining that the credential data matches a corresponding credential in the gateway credential list, and receiving, from the server, an access control decision associated with the credential data in response to transmitting the unique credential index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Holt, Dennis Troy Anfield, Nathanael L. Thomas, Joseph W. Baumgarte