System and method for deploying handheld devices to secure an area

• US 9,355,508 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mdi Security, LLC
• Original Assignee: Mdi Security, LLC
• Inventors: Prasad, Sanjay, Paddock, Troy
• Primary Examiner(s): PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY
• Application Number:
  US14/467,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20140361869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/78 to assure secure storage of data address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory G06F12/14; record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A handheld security system includes a set of handheld devices positioned at a group of access points to a secure area. The handheld device includes a set of input/output devices including a text and graphics display, a camera, a local security database and a set of security devices including an RFID reader, a bar code reader, a magnetic stripe card reader and a biometric scanner. The set of handheld devices are communicatively connected through wireless signaling and protocol to one another and to a server operating a global a global security database. The local security database is synchronized to the global security database. A location stack table is continuously updated with security events and monitored for violation of a set of anti-passback rules. An association table associates a set of assets and a set of personnel, allowing for visitor tracking and asset tracking on a schedule.

Claims

1. A handheld security authorization device comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor;

a local database stored in the memory;

a set of authorization data stored in the memory;

a set of security sensors connected to the processor;

a set of output devices connected to the processor;

a set of program instructions stored in the memory and that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

receive security data from the set of security sensors;

compare the security data to the authorization data to determine an authorization result;

generate a signal responsive to the authorization result;

communicate the signal to the set of output devices;

store the authorization result in the local database;

wherein the signal is a control signal that operates one or more of the output devices;

wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to;

receive instructions from a sibling handheld security authorization device after determining the authorization result and before generating the signal, and

display the instructions before generating the signal; and

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wherein the signal is selected from a first signal to seize a mantrap and a second signal to raise a roadway bollard.

2. The handheld security authorization device of claim 1 wherein the set of output devices includes one or more of the group of a network interface and a physical access control device.

3. The handheld security authorization device of claim 2 wherein the network interface is connected to a physical access control device.

4. The handheld security authorization device of claim 3 wherein physical access control device comprises one of the group of a door lock, a gate, a roadway bollard, a mantrap and a turnstile.

5. The handheld security authorization device of claim 2 wherein the network interface is connected to a camera.

6. The handheld security authorization device of claim 2 wherein the network interface is wireless.

7. The handheld security device of claim 1 further comprising a display and a keypad, wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to:

show a set of instructions on the display;

receive a set of input data from the keypad; and

,

condition the authorization result on the set of input data.

8. The handheld security authorization device of claim 1 wherein the set of security sensors comprises one or more of the group of a bar code reader, an RFID reader, a magnetic card reader and a biometric scanner.

9. The handheld security authorization device of claim 2 wherein the set of output devices includes one or more of the group of a display, a speaker, a network interface and a programmable router.

10. The handheld security authorization device of claim 1 further comprising:

a central server, connected to the processor;

a global database resident on the central server; and

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wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to;

synchronize the local database with the global database.

11. The handheld security authorization device of claim 1,

wherein the location stack entry comprises at least one of the group of:

an event identification field, an event time field, an area entered field, an area exited field, a photograph field, a person identification field and an asset identification field.

12. A handheld security authorization device comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor;

a local database stored in the memory;

a set of authorization data stored in the memory;

a set of security sensors connected to the processor;

a set of output devices connected to the processor;

a set of program instructions stored in the memory and that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

receive security data from the set of security sensors;

compare the security data to the authorization data to determine an authorization result;

generate a signal responsive to the authorization result;

communicate the signal to the set of output devices;

store the authorization result in the local database;

wherein the signal is a control signal that operates one or more of the output devices;

wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to;

generate an anti-passback violation in determining the authorization result, the anti-passback violation based on a location stack entry; and

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wherein the location stack entry is stored in a local stack on the handheld security authorization device.

13. The handheld security authorization device of claim 12 wherein the set of output devices includes one or more of the group of a network interface and a physical access control device.

14. The handheld security authorization device of claim 13 wherein the network interface is connected to a physical access control device.

15. The handheld security authorization device of claim 14 wherein physical access control device comprises one of the group of a door lock, a gate, a roadway bollard, a mantrap and a turnstile.

16. The handheld security authorization device of claim 13 wherein the network interface is connected to a camera.

17. The handheld security authorization device of claim 13 wherein the network interface is wireless.

18. The handheld security device of claim 12 further comprising a display and a keypad, wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to:

show a set of instructions on the display;

receive a set of input data from the keypad; and

,

condition the authorization result on the set of input data.

19. The handheld security authorization device of claim 12 wherein the set of security sensors comprises one or more of the group of a bar code reader, an RFID reader, a magnetic card reader and a biometric scanner.

20. The handheld security authorization device of claim 13 wherein the set of output devices includes one or more of the group of a display, a speaker, a network interface and a programmable router.

21. The handheld security authorization device of claim 12 further comprising:

a central server, connected to the processor;

a global database resident on the central server; and

,

wherein the set of program instructions stored in the memory further causes the processor to;

synchronize the local database with the global database.

22. The handheld security authorization device of claim 12,

wherein the location stack entry comprises at least one of the group of:

an event identification field, an event time field, an area entered field, an area exited field, a photograph field, a person identification field and an asset identification field.