ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. A method of controlling access by a series of users to a space and/or particular service, comprising the following steps for each of said users:
- receiving a request for access to said space and/or service from said user by an access control device, said access control device issuing an access authorization or denial;
opening an access barrier to said space or said service, if an access authorization was issued;
estimation, by the access control device, of a waiting period prior to accessing said space and/or service when said opening is delayed;
issuing to said user at least one piece of information representative of said waiting period,wherein said estimation step takes account of a number of users having already passed through said access barrier and still waiting in said space and/or said service.
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling access by a series of users to a space and/or particular service. The method includes the following steps for each of the users: requesting access to the space and/or service by the user, issuing an access authorization or denial; opening of an access to the space or the service, if an access authorization was issued; estimating a waiting period prior to accessing the space and/or service when the opening is delayed; and issuing to the user at least one piece of information representative of the waiting period. The estimation step takes account of a number of users having already passed through the access and still waiting in the space and/or the service.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of controlling access by a series of users to a space and/or particular service, comprising the following steps for each of said users:
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receiving a request for access to said space and/or service from said user by an access control device, said access control device issuing an access authorization or denial; opening an access barrier to said space or said service, if an access authorization was issued; estimation, by the access control device, of a waiting period prior to accessing said space and/or service when said opening is delayed; issuing to said user at least one piece of information representative of said waiting period, wherein said estimation step takes account of a number of users having already passed through said access barrier and still waiting in said space and/or said service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device for controlling access by a series of users to a space and/or particular service, comprising:
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means for receiving a request for access to said space and/or said service by a user, issuing an access authorization or denial; means for opening an access barrier to said space or said service, if an access authorization was issued; means for delaying said opening, comprising; means for estimating a waiting period before accessing said space and/or said service when said opening is delayed; means for delivering to said user at least one piece of information representative of said waiting period, wherein said means of estimating a waiting period takes account of a number of users having already passed through said access barrier and still waiting in said space and/or said service. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A computer program product stored on a machine-readable medium and comprising instructions executable by a microprocessor, the instructions implementing a method of controlling access by a series of users to a space and/or particular service when executed by the microprocessor, wherein the method comprises the following steps for each of said users:
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receiving a request for access to said space and/or service by said user, and issuing an access authorization or denial; opening an access barrier to said space or said service, if an access authorization was issued; estimation of a waiting period prior to accessing said space and/or service when said opening is delayed; issuing to said user at least one piece of information representative of said waiting period, wherein said estimation step takes account of a number of users having already passed through said access barrier and still waiting in said space and/or said service.
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