{
  "patent_number": "US 12734376",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Controlling Access and Monitoring Firefighter Air Supply Systems",
  "original_title": "Method, device and system of access control and management of components of a firefighter air replenishment system having breathable air supplied thereacross",
  "summary": "This patent describes a system that uses computers and sensors to control who can access parts of a firefighter's air supply and to record how those parts are used.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a system for managing access to components of a safety system that provides breathable air. It uses a computing platform running on a data processing device, which is connected to one or more sensors. The system controls access to these components and, at the same time, captures specific details about that access. For example, when a firefighter connects an air tank to a refilling station, the system could verify their authorization, allow the connection, and then record the time, user, and amount of air supplied.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover general access control systems for buildings or vehicles that are not specifically related to breathable air components.",
    "Does not cover safety systems that monitor or control equipment not directly involved in supplying breathable air.",
    "Does not cover systems that only monitor parameters of a breathable air system without also controlling access to its components.",
    "Does not cover systems that control access to components without also capturing parameters of that access.",
    "Does not cover purely mechanical access control mechanisms that do not involve a computing platform and sensors."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-05-15",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "public_safety",
    "software",
    "consumer_electronics",
    "mechanical"
  ],
  "abstract": "Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of access control and management of one or more component(s) of a safety system related to access of breathable air supplied across the safety system. Based on execution of a computing platform on a data processing device, the computing platform is integrated with one or more sensor(s) associated with the one or more component(s). In accordance with the integration of the computing platform with the one or more sensor(s), the data processing device controls access of the one or more component(s), and captures, in conjunction with the one or more sensor(s), one or more parameter(s) of the access of the one or more component(s) based on the control of the access.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734376/method-device-and-system-of-access-control-and-management-of-components-of-a",
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  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12734376",
  "relatedPatents": []
}