System to determine user groupings at a portal
US12148259B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/0036
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Users may enter and exit a facility as individuals, or as groups in which an authorized user sponsors other users. Within the group, actions within the facility taken by those sponsored users may be associated with the account of the authorized user. Sensor data acquired at a portal area is used to determine information about users passing through a portal, such as a crossing time, a distance from a crossing point, and so forth. This information is used to determine group associations. These group associations are resilient to situations, such as employees who have exited and re-entered with a user, employees holding open a gate for a user, people entering ahead of the authorized user, people entering after the authorized user, people exiting before an authorized user, and so forth.
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