Systems and methods for commissioning access control devices
First Claim
1. A method performed by an access control device having a component configured to read data from a carrier substrate provided by a user and to grant the user access to a physical region or virtual functionality, the method including the steps of:
- (a) reading commissioning data from the carrier substrate, the commissioning data being applicable to a first access control device for commissioning the first access control device, the commissioning data including a first unique identifier which is applied to the first access control device upon application of the commission data;
(b) applying the commissioning data to the first access control device thereby to commission the first access control device so that the first access control device operates in accordance with a wider access control environment;
(c) defining a second unique identifier on the basis of the first unique device identifier;
(d) writing the second unique identifier to the carrier substrate in place of the first unique identifier such that a subsequently commissioned second access control device commissioned by the carrier substrate applies the second unique identifier.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for commissioning access control devices. In overview, a carrier substrate such as a smartcard is used to commission a plurality of access control devices. Measures are implemented such that the individual access control devices are uniquely commissioned. That is, no two devices apply identical commissioning data, hi some embodiments this is achieved by, as part of the commissioning process at a given access control device, modifying one or more aspects of the data carried by the carrier substrate.
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1. A method performed by an access control device having a component configured to read data from a carrier substrate provided by a user and to grant the user access to a physical region or virtual functionality, the method including the steps of:
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(a) reading commissioning data from the carrier substrate, the commissioning data being applicable to a first access control device for commissioning the first access control device, the commissioning data including a first unique identifier which is applied to the first access control device upon application of the commission data; (b) applying the commissioning data to the first access control device thereby to commission the first access control device so that the first access control device operates in accordance with a wider access control environment; (c) defining a second unique identifier on the basis of the first unique device identifier; (d) writing the second unique identifier to the carrier substrate in place of the first unique identifier such that a subsequently commissioned second access control device commissioned by the carrier substrate applies the second unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A controller for a first access control device, the controller including:
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an input for reading commissioning data from a carrier substrate, the commissioning data being applicable to the first access control device for commissioning the first access control device, the commissioning data including a first unique identifier which is applied to the first access control device upon application of the commission data; a processor for; (i) applying the commissioning data to the first access control device thereby to commission the first access control device; (ii) defining a second unique identifier on the basis of the first unique device identifier; an output for writing the second unique identifier to the carrier substrate in place of the first unique identifier such that a subsequently commissioned second access control device commissioned by the carrier substrate applies the second unique identifier.
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20. An access control device including:
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an input for reading commissioning data from a carrier substrate, the commissioning data being applicable to the first access control device for commissioning the first access control device, the commissioning data including a first unique identifier which is applied to the first access control device upon application of the commission data; a processor for; (i) applying the commissioning data to the first access control device thereby to commission the first access control device; (ii) defining a second unique identifier on the basis of the first unique device identifier; an output for writing the second unique identifier to the carrier substrate in place of the first unique identifier such that a subsequently commissioned second access control device commissioned by the carrier substrate applies the second unique identifier.
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