Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for management of key exchanges
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Application No.: US15385403Application Date: 2016-12-20
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Publication No.: US09954835B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Clayton Carter Brown , Jason Robert Crabb
- Applicant: Keycafe Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Vancouver
- Assignee: Keycafe Inc.
- Current Assignee: Keycafe Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Vancouver
- Agency: McCarthy Tétrault LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
Methods and systems for facilitating exchanges of keys between individuals across multiple locations are provided. Each key set is assigned a unique key identifier. The key identifier is encoded on a key chain attached to the key set. A key set is picked up or dropped off at a key exchange center and is scanned to read the key identifier. The key identifier is relayed to a key exchange server which tracks key locations. The key exchange server verifies that an individual is authorized to pick up a key set and provides instructions to a device at the key exchange center to enable access to the key set. The key exchange server coordinates drop-off of a key set by updating the key location associated with the key identifier at drop-off and providing instructions to a device at the key exchange center for storage of the key set.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170104735A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGEMENT OF KEY EXCHANGES Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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