Patents by Inventor Tomi KARJALAINEN

Tomi KARJALAINEN 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: 12243364
    Abstract: Door lock systems are disclosed. More particularly, virtual keys in door lock systems of properties such as houses and apartments, and public properties such as parking garages, or sports facilities, are disclosed. This includes managing virtual key based access of temporary users, to a property or a vehicle sealed by a self-powered lock, from the mobile phone of a permanent user. This is achieved by virtual configurable software keys which are operable with a mobile application, and configurable from the mobile application of the permanent user. These virtual configurable software keys are typically text strings with a data footprint sufficiently small to be transmitted over NFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ILOQ OY
    Inventor: Tomi Karjalainen
  • Patent number: 12211329
    Abstract: The invention relates to locks. More particularly, aspects of the invention relate to a lock that can be used to lock a door, and which features multiple modes to access the lock in order to open or close the lock. The disclosed lock combines different power sources with different access technologies resulting in a lock that will remain functional for a very long time without maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: iLOQ Oy
    Inventors: Väinö Tikkanen, Tomi Karjalainen, Mika Piirainen, Jani Järvinen
  • Publication number: 20240420531
    Abstract: This document discloses a solution for configuring access rights in a locking system comprising a plurality of electromechanical locks and a plurality of keys to users of the system. Each key stores encrypted data defining an opening right to a particular subset of the plurality of electromechanical lock, the subset of locks assigned to the respective user. The system further comprises a service key storing, as a default, no encrypted data to any of the subsets of locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Tomi KARJALAINEN, Juha LEPISTÖ
  • Publication number: 20240371218
    Abstract: Door lock systems are disclosed. More particularly, virtual keys in door lock systems of properties such as houses and apartments, and public properties such as parking garages, or sports facilities, are disclosed. This includes managing virtual key based access of temporary users, to a property or a vehicle sealed by a self-powered lock, from the mobile phone of a permanent user. This is achieved by virtual configurable software keys which are operable with a mobile application, and configurable from the mobile application of the permanent user. These virtual configurable software keys are typically text strings with a data footprint sufficiently small to be transmitted over NFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventor: Tomi KARJALAINEN