System and method for physical access control
US8990889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides, in one aspect, a system and method for managing authentication tokens that operate across multiple types or physical resources binding the tokens to one or more external electronic Identity Providers; generating tokens; authenticating the tokens at multiple physical resources; managing access to physical resources by linking the tokens to the electronic identities; translating the tokens to the appropriate physical token type based on infrastructure services available at the point of service; validating tokens at the physical resource; tracking and conveying usage information; and making use of social group relationships and other data defined by individual usage to, among other things, simplify the process of granting user-generated credentials to persons connected to a given individual via the Identity Provider or an external social network, for example.
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