Mobile Credentials for Resources Management in Collaborative Applications

• US 20140223533A1
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Original Assignee: Xceedid Corporation (Allegion PLC)
• Inventors: Vitali, Rocco, Tamer, Samir
• Application Number:
  US14/166,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20140223533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

One or more servers may receive a meeting request from a computer. The one or more servers may transmit a meeting invitation a participant. The participant may accept or decline the meeting invitation. If the participant accepts the meeting invitation, the one or more servers may transmit a credential to the mobile device of the participant.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, with an email and calendar server, a meeting request for a meeting;

transmitting, with the email and calendar server, a meeting invitation a participant;

receiving, with the email and calendar server, an acceptance from the participant based on the meeting invitation;

transmitting, with the email and calendar server, a credential request to a credential server, wherein the credential request includes an identification of the participant and an identification of a meeting room; and

transmitting, with the credential server, a credential to a mobile device of the participant.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a response message to a meeting organizer, wherein the response message includes information about delivery of the credential to the participant.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the credential is valid only for a duration of the meeting.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the credential is stored in a secure element of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the credential is an extension of other credential information in the secure element of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, with a reader device, the credential from the mobile device; and

allowing access to the meeting room based on the credential.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the meeting request includes a date, a time, a participant list, and the meeting room for the meeting.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allowing the participant to control equipment associated with the meeting request based on the credential.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring the credential from the mobile device to a plastic card credential.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically accepting, with the email and calendar server, the meeting request subject to availability of the meeting room.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a reservation request based on the meeting request to a delegate; and

receiving, with the email and calendar server, an approval or denial of the reservation request from the delegate.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the meeting request includes a series of meetings and wherein the credential is valid for each meeting in the series.

13. A system, comprising:

a computer configured with non-transitory computer executable instructions to generate a request to reserve a resource, wherein the request includes a date and a time;

one or more servers configured with non-transitory computer executable instructions to receive the request, determine if the resource is available, and transmit a credential to a user if the resource is available; and

a mobile device in communication with the one or more servers, wherein the mobile device is configured with non-transitory computer executable instructions to receive the credential from the one or more servers, store the credential, and transmit the credential to the resource to utilize the resource.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further configured to control the resource via Bluetooth.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further configured to store the credential in a secure element of the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more servers are further configured to automatically accept the request subject to availability of the resource.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a meeting request from a computer of a meeting organizer;

transmitting a meeting invitation to a participant;

receiving an acceptance from the participant based on the meeting invitation; and

transmitting a credential to a mobile device of the participant in response to the acceptance of the meeting invitation.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

allowing the participant to control equipment associated with the meeting request based on the credential via Bluetooth.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

automatically accepting the meeting request subject to availability of the meeting room.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting a reservation request based on the meeting request to a delegate; and

receiving an approval or denial of the reservation request from the delegate.