Access control system

US9940768B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Carstens · Bad Honnef, DE
• Christoph Dautz · Bonn, DE
• Jochen Jansen · Bonn, DE
• Ramin Benz · Bonn, DE
• Alexandra Dmitrienko · Darmstadt, DE
• Stanislav Bulygin · Darmstadt, DE
• Marcus Lippert · Pfungstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2018
• Expiry date: May 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2209/805
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a method for access control, performed by an access control apparatus, including obtaining access authorization information that is communicated to the access control apparatus having at least one access authorization parameter and first check information; using at least the communicated access authorization parameters, the communicated first check information and a second key from a key pair, which second key is stored in the access control apparatus, to perform a first check on whether the communicated first check information has been produced by performing cryptographic operations by means of access authorization parameters corresponding to the communicated access authorization parameters using at least one first key from the key pair, and deciding whether access can be granted, based on the first check delivers a positive result and it is established that at least one predefined set of the communicated access authorization parameters respectively provides access authorization.