Networked physical security access control system and method
First Claim
1. A networked physical security access control system for controlling a security access device comprising:
- a primary network including a user interface,a plurality of access server appliances in communication with said primary network,each access server appliance including an appliance management module for configuring said access server appliance to a user specified security configuration, andsaid access server appliances being in peer-to-peer communication on said primary network to bridge said access server appliances for providing consistency in each of said access server appliances.
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Abstract
A distributed networked physical security access control system for controlling a plurality of security access devices comprises a plurality of access server appliances in communication with a primary network. Each access server appliance includes an appliance management module being accessible through a web browser in communication with the primary network. The appliance management module configures the access server appliances to a user specified security configuration. The plurality of access server appliances are in peer-to-peer communication on the primary network to bridge the access server appliances for providing consistency in each of the access server appliances.
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1. A networked physical security access control system for controlling a security access device comprising:
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a primary network including a user interface, a plurality of access server appliances in communication with said primary network, each access server appliance including an appliance management module for configuring said access server appliance to a user specified security configuration, and said access server appliances being in peer-to-peer communication on said primary network to bridge said access server appliances for providing consistency in each of said access server appliances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A networked physical security access control system for controlling a security access device comprising:
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a primary network including a primary credential directory and a primary policy directory and a user interface being a web browser, a plurality of access server appliances each including a plurality of network interfaces and a primary server appliance and a backup server appliance with said backup server appliance being a mirror of said primary server appliance for providing redundancy, a plurality of pairs of network connections with each pair in communication with a pair of said network interfaces of one of said access server appliances and said primary network to define a primary connection and a backup connection between each of said access server appliances and said primary network, an access controller in communication with one of said network interfaces of one of said access server appliances defining a private subnet, a device controller in communication with said access controller for communicating access requests from said device controller to said access controller and for communicating access decisions from said access controller to said device controller to manually control the security access device, a credential reader in communication with said device controller for sending credentials to said device controller, a monitor point in communication with said device controller for sending the status of the security access device to said device controller, an alarm relay in communication with said device controller, each access server appliance including a local credential directory for storing access control information and a local policy directory for storing security access policies, each access server appliance including a credential and policy module for synchronizing said local credential directory with said primary credential directory and for synchronizing said local policy directory with said primary policy directory, each access server appliance including an appliance management module for configuring said access server appliance to a user specified security configuration and for configuring said access server appliance to manage said credential and policy module, each access server appliance including a situation management module for configuring a third party physical security situation management system to control said access controller, each access server appliance including an information technology management module for monitoring said access server appliances and said system and for configuring routing services and firewall protection on said private subnet and for configuring said access controller to determine the signals communicating between said primary network and said private subnet and for configuring said access controller to control said device controller, said access server appliances being in peer-to-peer communication on said primary network to bridge said access server appliances for providing consistency in each of said access server appliances, and said local credential directory and said local policy directory being lightweight directory access protocol directories.
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12. A method for implementing a networked physical security access control system including a plurality of access server appliances on a primary network wherein each access server appliance includes an appliance management module and wherein the primary network includes a user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
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mounting the plurality of access server appliances into a plurality of computer systems, communicating each access server appliance with the primary network, accessing the appliance management module of one of the access server appliances with the user interface, configuring the appliance management module of the accessed access server appliance to a user specified security configuration after said accessing the appliance management module step, and replicating the appliance management module of the accessed access server appliance in each of the other access server appliances through peer-to-peer communication on the primary network to maintain consistency in the access server appliances in response to said configuring the appliance management module step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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