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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING ACCESS CONTROL VIA MOBILE DEVICES

  • US 20140375421A1
  • Filed: 06/18/2014
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed at an access control server, for selectively granting access to a controlled functionality, the method including:

  • receiving, via networked communications from a mobile device, data indicative of (i);

    an identifier read by the mobile device using short-range wireless communications and (ii) a mobile device identity;

    determining, based on the data indicative of the device identity, a specific access control functionality;

    determining, based on at least the data indicative of the mobile device identity, whether or not access to the specific access control functionality is to be granted; and

    in the case that the specific access control functionality is to be granted, sending a signal to a network location associated with the specific access control functionality, thereby to control a hardware component that is configured to grant access to the specific access control functionality.

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