Access control system having tenant codes that may be selectively displayed
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1. An access control system selectively providing access to a building, said access control system comprising:
- a main control unit telephonically in communication with entities within a building, said main control unit being mountable at an entrance to said building;
a display on said main control unit displaying contact codes for selected ones of a plurality of building tenants;
at least one code entry unit receiving access codes, each said code entry unit providing received said access codes to said main control unit; and
at least one controlled door, access through each said controlled door being provided by said main control unit in response to a correct access code entered at one said code entry unit, said main control unit logging system activity;
whereby building tenants may select whether a corresponding contact code is displayable on said display, visitors to said building viewing a list of displayable contact codes, remaining ones of said contact codes being unviewable on said display.
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Abstract
The present invention is an access control system such as a telephone entry system (TES) wherein tenant codes are selectively displayed and therefore, tenant codes that are not selected for display are not listed in a system tenant code directory. Tenants may control who knows that they live in the building and, therefore, control who can get in touch with them. Thus, tenants may avoid having their name displayed on the Access Control System. Tenants still may have a unique number in the index without having their name displayed, keeping their name unlisted.
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1. An access control system selectively providing access to a building, said access control system comprising:
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a main control unit telephonically in communication with entities within a building, said main control unit being mountable at an entrance to said building;
a display on said main control unit displaying contact codes for selected ones of a plurality of building tenants;
at least one code entry unit receiving access codes, each said code entry unit providing received said access codes to said main control unit; and
at least one controlled door, access through each said controlled door being provided by said main control unit in response to a correct access code entered at one said code entry unit, said main control unit logging system activity;
whereby building tenants may select whether a corresponding contact code is displayable on said display, visitors to said building viewing a list of displayable contact codes, remaining ones of said contact codes being unviewable on said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An access control system selectively providing access to a building, said access control system comprising:
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a main control unit telephonically in communication with entities within a building, said main control unit being mountable at an entrance to said building;
a display on said main control unit displaying contact codes for selected ones of a plurality of building tenants; and
said main control comprises a controller responsive to building tenant interaction for inhibiting the display of contact codes of selected building tenants.
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