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Facility control methods and apparatus

US11462095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2020
Grant dateOct 4, 2022
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A security system includes a physical sensor for determining presence of a first number of users within a detecting region, short-range readers for determining presence of a second number of authorized smart devices in response to ephemeral tokens, wherein the users may remain anonymous to the short-range readers, authentication servers for determining ephemeral tokens for smart devices in response to identifiers of the readers and the smart devices, a physical output device configured to provide a user detectable output, and a processor for determining whether the first number of users is different from the second number and for directing the physical output device to provide the user detectable output.

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