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Presence-based credential updating

  • US 10,050,948 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • delivering at least one credential to at least one device associated with a first user, the at least one credential being unusable with one or more physical access control readers until activation, wherein the at least one credential is delivered to the at least one device at a first time, wherein the at least one device associated with the first user comprises a smart phone, and wherein the at least one credential is capable of being transmitted to the one or more physical access control readers prior to activation but is incapable of being verified by the one or more physical access control readers prior to activation;

    receiving contextual information regarding the first user, the contextual information including information describing one or more network devices with which the at least one device is in communication or has been in communication, wherein the contextual information is received at a second time that follows the first time, and wherein the one or more network devices comprise a network access point;

    based on the received contextual information, determining a credential update to perform in connection with the at least one device and the at least one credential delivered to the at least one device, the credential update corresponding to at least one action to take in connection with activating the at least one credential;

    generating a first message that contains at least one instruction to activate the at least one credential;

    transmitting the first message to the at least one device associated with the first user;

    generating a second credential activation message; and

    transmitting the second credential activation message to the one or more physical access control readers.

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