EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURES WITH REMOTE LOGGING, AUTHORIZATION AND MONITORING

• US 20130169815A1
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Martin William Mckee
• Inventors: Carney, Mark Douglas, Pacella, Dante John, McKee, Martin William
• Application Number:
  US13/340,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20130169815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/156
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1498 Resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification, tracking, physical location thermal management H05K7/20836

Abstract

A system and method for authenticating an operator may include a server configured to receive a request to access an enclosure, wherein the request may include at least one enclosure identification and at least one operator identification. At least one ticket associated with the enclosure identification may be identified. The server may determine whether the at least one ticket is associated with the at least one operator identification and transmit instructions to the enclosure in response to determining whether the at least one ticket is associate with the at least one operator identification.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server configured to;

receive a request to access an enclosure, the request including at least one enclosure identification and at least one operator identification;

identify at least one ticket associated with the enclosure identification;

determine whether the at least one ticket is associated with the at least one operator identification; and

transmit instructions to the enclosure in response to determining whether the at least one ticket is associated with the at least one operator identification.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions include instructions for granting access to the enclosure in response to the at least one ticket being associated with the at least one operator identification.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an access device including the at least one operator identification and configured to initiate the request to access the enclosure.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one ticket includes searching a plurality of tickets at the server for at least one ticket associated with the enclosure identification.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions include instructions for denying access to said enclosure in response to the at least one ticket not being associated with the at least one operator identification.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine whether the enclosure is located in a high risk area;

determine whether the operator identification is associated with a flagged operator; and

transmit further instructions to the enclosure including instructions to take supplemental security action in response to at least one of the enclosure being located in a high risk area and the operator identification being associated with a flagged operator.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the enclosure is a first enclosure and the server is further configured to:

determine whether a second enclosure is related to the first enclosure; and

transmit further instructions to the second enclosure including instructions to take supplemental security action in response to the second enclosure being related to the first enclosure.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein determining whether the second enclosure is related to the first enclosure is based at least in part on the location of the first and second enclosures.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a request to access an enclosure, the request including at least one enclosure identification and at least one operator identification;

identifying at least one problem ticket associated with the enclosure identification;

determining whether the at least one problem ticket is associated with the at least one operator identification; and

transmitting instructions to the enclosure in response to determining whether the at least one problem ticket is associate with the at least one operator identification.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising granting access to the enclosure in response to the at least one problem ticket being associated with the at least one operator identification.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

associating an access device with the at least one operator identification; and

initiating the request to access the enclosure via the access device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising searching a plurality of tickets at the server for at least one ticket associated with the enclosure identification to identify the at least one problem ticket.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising denying access to said enclosure in response to the at least one problem ticket not being associated with the at least one operator identification.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the enclosure is located in a high risk area;

determining whether the operator identification is associated with a flagged operator; and

transmitting further instructions to the enclosure including instructions to take supplemental security action in response to at least one of the enclosure being located in a high risk area and the operator identification being associated with a flagged operator.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the enclosure is a first enclosure and further comprising:

determining whether a second enclosure is related to the first enclosure; and

transmitting further instructions to the second enclosure including instructions to take supplemental security action in response to the second enclosure being related to the first enclosure.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein determining whether the second enclosure is related to the first enclosure is based at least in part on the location of the first and second enclosures.

17. An enclosure defining an interior for housing electrical components comprising:

at least one enclosure door defining an inside and outside of the enclosure;

at least one access panel disposed on the outside of the enclosure to receive a request to access the enclosure, the request including at least one operator identification;

at least one camera configured to record at least one image;

a network interface configured to;

transmit at least one of the request to access the enclosure and the at least one image, and

receive a response based at least in part on the at least one of the request to access the enclosure and the at least one image.

18. The enclosure of claim 17, wherein the network interface is configured to:

transmit the at least one of the request to access the enclosure and the at least one image to a security server located remotely from the enclosure, and

receive the response from the security server.

19. The enclosure of claim 18, wherein the response from the security server includes instructions for at least one of granting access to the enclosure and taking a supplemental security action.

20. The enclosure of claim 17, wherein the at least one image includes a photograph of an operator associated with the operator identification.