RFID VISUAL BASED ACCESS CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method of proximity access control comprising:
- defining a master proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding;
defining at least one additional proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding different than said particular visual encoding exhibited by said master proximity key;
detecting said master proximity key;
detecting one of said at least one additional proximity keys contemporaneously with said detected master proximity key; and
enabling said detected additional proximity key, said enabling being associated with said particular visual encoding.
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Abstract
A method of proximity access control comprising: defining a master proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding; defining at least one additional proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding different than the particular visual encoding exhibited by the master proximity key; detecting the master proximity key; detecting one of the at least one additional proximity key contemporaneously with the detected master proximity key; and enabling the detected additional proximity key, the enabling being associated with the particular visual encoding. An identifier of the visual encoding is preferably stored on each proximity key. Preferably, the visual encoding is constituted of color coding, and only a single proximity key of each color is thus authorized.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of proximity access control comprising:
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defining a master proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding;
defining at least one additional proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding different than said particular visual encoding exhibited by said master proximity key;
detecting said master proximity key;
detecting one of said at least one additional proximity keys contemporaneously with said detected master proximity key; and
enabling said detected additional proximity key, said enabling being associated with said particular visual encoding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An access control system comprising:
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a read write device;
a master proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding; and
at least one additional proximity key exhibiting a particular visual encoding different than said particular visual encoding exhibited by said master proximity key, said read write device being operative to;
detect said master proximity key;
detect one of said at least one additional proximity key contemporaneously with said detected master proximity key; and
enable said detected additional proximity key associated with said particular visual encoding. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of proximity access control for a multiple dwelling site comprising:
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defining a plurality of master proximity keys exhibiting a common particular visual encoding;
storing an identifier of said visual encoding on each of said plurality of master proximity keys;
storing on each of said defined plurality of master proximity keys site information, dwelling information and one of a date/time stamp and a unique identifier;
defining a plurality of additional proximity keys each exhibiting a visual encoding different than said particular visual encoding exhibited by said plurality of master proximity keys;
storing an identifier of the respective visual encoding of each of said additional proximity keys on the respective additional proximity key;
detecting one of said plurality of master proximity keys;
detecting one of said at least one additional proximity key contemporaneously with said detected one of said master proximity keys;
reading from said one of said plurality of master proximity keys said site information, dwelling information, and said one of said date/time stamp and said unique identifier;
reading from said detected one additional proximity key said stored identifier of the respective visual encoding;
storing on said detected one additional proximity key said read site information, said dwelling information and one of a current date/time stamp and a unique identifier;
storing on a database of authorized additional proximity keys said one of said current data/time stamp and said unique identifier associated with said read dwelling information and said identifier of said visual encoding of said detected one additional proximity key; and
enabling entry responsive to said database of authorized proximity keys. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A system for access to a multiple dwelling site, said system comprising:
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a read write device;
a data base associated with said read write device;
a plurality of master proximity keys, each associated with a particular dwelling of said multiple dwelling site and exhibiting a common particular visual encoding and each exhibiting a stored identifier of said visual encoding, each of said plurality of master keys further having stored thereon site information, dwelling information regarding said particular dwelling and one of a date/time stamp and a unique identifier; and
a plurality of additional proximity keys each exhibiting a visual encoding selected from a plurality of visual encodings different than said particular visual encoding exhibited by said plurality of master proximity keys and each exhibiting a stored identifier of said selected visual encoding;
said read write device being operative to;
detect one of said plurality of master proximity keys;
detect one of said at least one additional proximity key contemporaneously with said detected one of said master proximity keys;
read from said one of said plurality of master proximity keys said site information, dwelling information, and said one of said date/time stamp and said unique identifier;
read from said detected one additional proximity key said stored identifier of the respective visual encoding;
store on said detected one additional proximity key said read site information, said dwelling information and one of a current date/time stamp and a unique identifier; and
store on said database said one of said current data/time stamp and said unique identifier associated with said read dwelling information and said read identifier of said selected visual encoding of said detected one additional proximity key. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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