Site-specific access management system

• US 7,159,778 B1
• Filed: 06/24/2004
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Builderport Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Peter D. Kochevar, Randall L. Ray
• Inventors: Ray, Randall L., Kochevar, Peter D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US10/875,657
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 235/472.01, 235/472.02, 235/487, 235/486, 235/381, 235/383, 235/375, 235/385, 235/382
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

A system for ensuring access management of a given site by providing integrated and comprehensive assessment of persons, livestock or objects that are given access to the site. The system includes a database of information about the site and potential accessors, a mobile wireless communication and scanning device to collect, retrieve and facilitate communication between a device user at the site as well as an administrator console. This system is flexible enough to maintain current information about the persons, livestock or objects requesting access to the site and communicating those results to the device user in real time. The system is further enabled through the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Claims

1. A site-specific access management system comprising:

a mobile wireless communications and scanning device;

at least one identifier datum, wherein said datum is accessed by said wireless communications and scanning device;

a base station receiving wireless communication of said datum from said wireless communications and scanning device, wherein said base station is connected to a network;

an application server connected to said network; and

a database accessed by an application program, said application program running on said application server to compare said datum with information in said database, said mobile wireless communications and scanning device sending a signal to said base station running said application program to authenticate said mobile wireless communications and scanning device as registered to access said database.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said datum is a barcode.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said datum is a manually keyed alphanumeric value.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said datum is a biometric.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said datum is selected from a group consisting of:

weight, temperature, dimension, electromagnetic reflectance, gas concentration, and chemical composition.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said network is the Internet connected through the World Wide Web.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said application program runs on said application server.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising an administration console in communication with said application server.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said application program responds to a request from said device, and said application program responds to requests from said administrator console.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said application program has computer logic for producing a report about people, livestock or objects present at said site.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said report is communicated via said application server to at least one of:

said device and said administration console.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said report is edited based on an authorization level assigned to a user of said device or said administration console.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein said application program compares said datum with information in said database and produces a comparison report.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said comparison report is displayed on said device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein said comparison report is displayed on said administrator console.

16. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of databases accessed by said application program.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein said site is a workplace.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein said site is a livestock processing plant.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein said information in said database is selected from the group consisting of:

names, descriptive words or phrases, identification numbers, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, company affiliations, contact information for guardians or overseers, or combinations thereof, weights, dimensions, electromagnetic reflectance or emission properties, photographs, chemical or material composition, etc.; and

specific to people, fingerprint encodings, iris scans, facial photos, etc.

20. A site-specific access management system comprising:

a mobile wireless communications and scanning device;

at least one identifier datum, wherein said datum is accessed by said wireless communications and scanning device;

a base station receiving wireless communication of said datum from said wireless communications and scanning device, wherein said base station is connected to the Internet through the World Wide Web;

an application server connected to the Internet through the World Wide Web;

a database accessed by an application program, said application program running on said application server to compare said datum with information in said database, said mobile wireless communications and scanning device sending a signal to said base station running said application program to authenticate said mobile wireless communications and scanning device as registered to access said database; and

an administration console in communication with said application server.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein said datum is a barcode.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein said datum is a manually keyed alphanumeric value.

23. The system of claim 20 wherein said datum is a biometric.

24. The system of claim 20 wherein said datum is selected from a group consisting of:

weight, temperature, dimension, electromagnetic reflectance, gas concentration, and chemical composition.

25. The system of claim 20 wherein said application program runs on said application server.

26. The system of claim 20 wherein said application program responds to a request from said device, and said application program responds to requests from said administrator console.

27. The system of claim 20 wherein said application program has computer logic for producing a report about people, livestock or objects present at said site.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein said report is communicated via said application server to at least one of:

said device and said administration console.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein said report is edited based on an authorization level assigned to a user of said device or said administration console.

30. The system of claim 20 wherein said site is a workplace.

31. The system of claim 20 wherein said information in said database is selected from the group consisting of:

names, descriptive words or phrases, identification numbers, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, company affiliations, contact information for guardians or overseers, or combinations thereof, weights, dimensions, electromagnetic reflectance or emission properties, photographs, chemical or material composition, etc.; and

specific to people, fingerprint encodings, iris scans, facial photos, etc.

32. A process for verifying site compliance comprising the steps of:

collecting information at said site, said information being at least one of;

an identifier datum about a particular person, livestock or object;

site location data;

timestamp information;

and a unique scanning device code;

transmitting said information with a mobile wireless communication and scanning device;

verifying the authorization of said mobile wireless communication and scanning device transmitting said information;

saving said information in a remote database;

extracting rules specific to said site from said database;

comparing said datum to said rules;

signaling said scanning device with a comparison result, and sending a signal to said base station running said application program to authenticate said mobile wireless communications and scanning device as registered to access said database.

33. The process of claim 32 wherein said information is manually keyed into said device.

34. The process of claim 32 wherein said information is said identifier datum about a particular person, livestock or object.

35. The process of claim 32 wherein said information is transmitted to a said remote database by way of a network.

36. The process of claim 35 wherein said network is the Internet connected through the World Wide Web.

37. The process of claim 32 further comprising the step of:

monitoring the comparison step from an administration console.

38. The process of claim 37 further comprising the step of:

communicating a message from said administration console to said scanning device.