PERSONNEL ACCESS SYSTEM WITH VERIFICATION FEATURES UTILIZING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND RELATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A personnel access system comprising:
- at least one mobile wireless communications device comprisinga first near field communication (NFC) device,a wireless device, anda first controller coupled with said first NFC device and said wireless device, the first controller being configured to generate an access request;
an access control device associated with a personnel access position, the access control device comprising a second NFC device configured to receive the access request from said first NFC device based upon proximity therewith, anda second controller coupled with said second NFC device, the second controller being configured to generate a verification request for the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the received access request; and
a verification device configured to receive the verification request from said access control device and, based thereon, send a verification message to said at least one mobile wireless communications device;
said first controller being further configured to receive the verification message via said wireless device and, based thereon, generate verification data;
said second controller being further configured to selectively grant personnel access based upon the verification data.
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Abstract
A personnel access system may include a mobile device(s) comprising a first near field communication (NFC) device, a wireless device, and a first controller configured to generate an access request. An access control device may be associated with a personnel access position and include a second NFC device configured to receive the access request, and a second controller configured to generate a verification request for the mobile device(s) based upon the received access request. A verification device may be configured to receive the verification request from the access control device, and send a verification message to the mobile device(s). The first controller may be configured to receive the verification message via the wireless device, and generate verification data based thereon. The second controller may be configured to selectively grant personnel access based upon the verification data.
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28 Claims
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1. A personnel access system comprising:
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at least one mobile wireless communications device comprising a first near field communication (NFC) device, a wireless device, and a first controller coupled with said first NFC device and said wireless device, the first controller being configured to generate an access request; an access control device associated with a personnel access position, the access control device comprising a second NFC device configured to receive the access request from said first NFC device based upon proximity therewith, and a second controller coupled with said second NFC device, the second controller being configured to generate a verification request for the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the received access request; and a verification device configured to receive the verification request from said access control device and, based thereon, send a verification message to said at least one mobile wireless communications device; said first controller being further configured to receive the verification message via said wireless device and, based thereon, generate verification data; said second controller being further configured to selectively grant personnel access based upon the verification data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a near field communication (NFC) device, a wireless device, and a controller coupled with said first NFC device and said wireless device, the controller being configured to generate and communicate an access request to an access control device associated with a personnel access position via said NFC device, receive a verification message from a verification device via said wireless device, and generate verification data based upon the received verification message for causing the access control device to selectively grant personnel access. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An access control device associated with a personnel access position, the access control device comprising:
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a near field communication (NFC) device configured to communicate with at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon proximity therewith to receive an access request; and a controller coupled with said second NFC device, the controller being configured to generate a verification request for the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the received access request, send the verification request to a verification device, the verification device being configured to send a verification message to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the verification request, and selectively grant personnel access based upon verification data generated by the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the verification message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A personnel access method comprising:
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generating an access request with at least one mobile wireless communications device; sending the access request from the at least one mobile wireless communications device to an access control device via near field communication (NFC) based upon proximity therewith; sending a verification request for the at least one mobile wireless communications device from the access control device to a verification device based upon the received access request; sending a verification message from the verification device to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the verification request; generating verification data at the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the verification message; and selectively granting personnel access with the access control device based upon the verification data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a mobile wireless communications device comprising a near field communication (NFC) device and a wireless device to perform steps comprising:
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generating and communicating an access request to an access control device associated with a personnel access position via the NFC device, the access control device being configured to generate a verification request for the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the access request and communicate the verification request to a verification device; receiving a verification message from the verification device via the wireless device, the verification message being generated based upon the verification request; and generating verification data based upon the received verification message for causing the access control device to selectively grant personnel access. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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