Exemplary Validity Analysis of Smart Locking Tech

Patent-in-suit
US 6,300,873
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About the Litigation The Patented Technology –US’873

The Plaintiff The present patent in suit relates to a scheme for providing one-time use access codes for

Smart Locking Technologies is a

a lock mechanism as may be employed with secured doors to and/or from buildings,
secured access points and/or containers, etc.,
Delaware limited liability Non-
A cryptographically strong random number generator generates a random number at the
practicing company with a place of
server location. This random number is used as access codes for a locking device. An access
business located at 3511 Silverside
code controller for a locking device is housed in an electronics bay of storage device. A
Road, Suite 105, Wilmington,
central component of the access code controller is a micro-controller/computer. The
Delaware 19810.
micro-controller/computer is configured to accept access codes from the access code entry
unit. Upon entry of an access code, the micro-controller/computer may be programmed to
compare the entered code with the available valid codes and, upon successful comparison
PATENT-IN-SUIT
issue a control signal to an actuator to unlock the electronic lock.
US 6,300,873 B1
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US 6,696,918 B2 and have performed a brief validity search, and were hoping of sharing the finding(s)

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 US 6,300,873
Claim 36. A locking
mechanism, comprising:
an actuator configured to
unlock in response to entry
of an authorized access
code; and
an access code entry unit
configured to accept a one-
time use access-code
issued by a remote server,
wherein the one-time use
access code comprises a
number generated by a
cryptographically strong
random number generator.
CN1037465C – Potential Prior Art Reference
[Page 1] The present invention belongs to the locks, in particular the central control method of multi-user electronic
locks open.
[Page 1] The invention adopts the central control machine to uniformly control the opening of all the user electronic
password locks, the computer can randomly generate the password of each electronic password lock, the CPU of the
central control machine collects the dialed password, the control lock is opened, the password is not fixed, and the security
is The confidentiality is good, especially for rooms with a large population flow (such as a hotel). The guest registers to
generate a password, and the password is immediately invalidated after the checkout.
[Page 2] The computer of the invention first registers the guest, inputs the room number to be used into the
computer, and then the computer controls its random generator to randomly generate the user password, displays
and stores the user password, transmits the password to the central control machine and stores it in the center. In the
memory of the control unit, the user password is only applicable to one (room) electronic code lock connected to the
central control unit. Each electronic code lock allows multiple different passwords to be used, and the central control unit
does not monitor intermittently. The working state of each numeric keypad connected to it, when the user turns on the
numeric keypad and issues the user password, the CPU of the central control machine collects the cipher signal
output by the numeric keypad in a dual audio manner, corresponding to the memory already stored in the memory. The
password is compared. If the password matches, the CPU controls its central control unit to send an open signal to
the corresponding electronic password lock, and the electronic password lock is automatically turned on.
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