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System and method for access control via mobile device

  • US 10,349,279 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2017
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling physical access via a mobile wireless communication device supporting a plurality of wireless communication technologies including:

  • mobile wireless, and short-range wireless, the system comprising;

    a central security server;

    an electro-mechanical access control security device; and

    a receiving unit controlling the electro-mechanical access control security device,wherein the receiving unit is adapted to be paired with the mobile wireless communication device,wherein the receiving unit is adapted for receiving user commands from the paired mobile wireless communication device for activating the electro-mechanical access control security device via a plurality of wireless control operational modes of the system,wherein the operational modes of the system include;

    a remote mode, based upon a remote user access definition stored on the receiving unit, solely using a peer-to-peer communication directly between the receiving unit and the mobile wireless communication device via the short-range wireless communication technology; and

    a global mode, based upon global user configurations stored on the central security server, using a pre-authorization, obtained by the mobile wireless communication device from the central security server via the mobile wireless technology, for a user command issued from the mobile wireless communication device to the receiving unit via the short-range wireless communication technology,wherein the receiving unit is communicatively interposed between the mobile wireless communication device and the electro-mechanical access control security device,wherein the remote user access definition specifies a set of authorized users of the receiving unit and scope of permitted access to a command set of the receiving unit by the authorized users on an individual user basis,wherein the central security server is adapted to upload, during a global mode configuration operation with a master-host configured mobile wireless communication device, a global configuration information, the global configuration information being used by the central security server to provide the pre-authorization to the mobile wireless communication device for the user command issued from the mobile wireless communication device to the receiving unit, andwherein the master-host configured mobile wireless communication device provides to the central security server, during the global mode configuration operation, an authentication information arising from a pairing operation of the master-host configured mobile wireless communication device with the receiving unit controlling the electro-mechanical access control security device.

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