System and method of verification of access using a wearable security device

• US 9,530,263 B1
• Filed: 08/01/2014
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Isaac Daniel Inventorship Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Isaac S. Daniel
• Inventors: Daniel, Isaac S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US14/450,006
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.6, 340/5.7, 340/10.1, 345/2.3, 345/2.1, 382/115, 382/118, 235/375, 235/385
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00968 shape of the data carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/29 the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a system and method of verification for access within site access areas using a wearable security device that includes one or more scannable frames displayed on the security device'"'"'s exterior, wherein the wearer'"'"'s identification information and assigned access for access to varied site access areas are electronically stored within the at least one scannable frame as embedded security clearance in multimedia format, which is verifiable when the at least one scannable frame is scanned by at least one image scanning device so that authorization to navigate within the premises is seamless within areas of authorized access while still allowing security to contain an individual in unauthorized locations.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising of:

a wearable security device that includes at least one scannable frame displayed on the wearable security device'"'"'s exterior, wherein a wearer'"'"'s identification information and assigned security clearance for access to varied site access areas is stored as interactive multimedia content within the at least one scannable frame that includes at least one hyperlink or icon embedded within, for which the security clearance is verifiable and controllable when the at least one scannable frame is scanned by at least one image scanning device, activating the embedded at least one hyperlink or icon and the activated at least one icon becomes visibly displayed, and the security clearance is enabled for control by control commands associated with the activated visible icon.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one media content comprises of any one or more of the following:

text, pictorial, video, audio, or graphics.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the security clearance comprises of any one or more of the following:

wearer'"'"'s identification information and registered information.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the security clearance is swappable as the current embedded interactive multimedia content can be replaced with the updated security clearance that is stored within the scannable frame on the wearable security device'"'"'s exterior without requiring wearer to remove or replace the wearable security device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the the scannable frame includes at least one hot corner.

6. A system comprising of:

a wearable security device that includes at least one scannable frame displayed on the wearable security device'"'"'s exterior, wherein a wearer'"'"'s identification information and assigned security clearance for access to varied site access areas is stored as interactive multimedia content within the at least one scannable frame that includes at least one hyperlink or icon embedded within, for which the security clearance is verifiable and controllable when the at least one scannable frame is scanned by at least one image scanning device, activating the embedded at least one hyperlink or icon and the activated at least one icon becomes visibly displayed, with the security clearance enabled for control by control commands associated with the activated visible icon; and

at least one computer processor, electronically connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the at least one computer processor includes computer executable instructions readable and executable by the computer processor and is configured for launching a security application program, programmed for enabling remote updating of the stored interactive multimedia content with updated security clearance without requiring wearer to remove or replace the wearable security device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the security application program is further configured for performing any one or more of the following:

receiving identification information for wearer;

retrieving registered information for site access area being accessed;

assigning an appropriate security clearance for wearer based on the retrieved registered information;

storing security clearance as embedded interactive multimedia content within at least one scannable frame on a wearable security device'"'"'s exterior;

retrieving the security clearance'"'"'s embedded interactive multimedia content for ascertaining and controlling wearer'"'"'s access to the site access area, wherein the embedded interactive multimedia content stored thereon is remotely swappable providing for remote updating;

or

approving issuance of the wearable security device to the wearer.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the security clearance comprises of any one or more of the following:

wearer'"'"'s identification information and registered information.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the security clearance is swappable as the current embedded interactive multimedia content can be replaced with the updated security clearance that is stored within the scannable frame on the wearable security device'"'"'s exterior without requiring wearer to remove or replace the wearable security device.

10. The system of claim 6, further comprising retrieving registration information for determining the appropriate site access areas for the wearer'"'"'s assigned security clearance.

11. The system of claim 6, further comprising the security application program configured for comparing a present image of wearer with the wearer'"'"'s identification information scanned from the scannable frame and determining whether the wearer is authorized to be in present site access area.

12. The system of claim 6, further comprising controlling access to electronic doors based on the assigned access information scanned at or near entrances and exits when the wearer is within a predetermined proximity to the image scanning device.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein controlling access to electronic doors further comprises automatically opening doors once wearer is within a predefined proximity to the door;

issuing an alarm once it is determined that wearer is not authorized for present location;

or confining wearer to present location by locking access doors and windows.

14. A method comprising:

using at least one computer processor, electronically connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the at least one computer processor includes computer executable instructions readable and executable by the computer processor and is configured for launching a security application program, configured for performing any one or more of the following;

storing security clearance for access to varied site access areas as embedded interactive multimedia content within at least one scannable frame that includes at least one hyperlink or icon embedded within, on a wearable security device'"'"'s exterior;

activating the embedded at least one hyperlink or icon when the at least one scannable frame is scanned by at least one image sensing device, and the activated at least one icon becomes visibly displayed, and the security clearance is enabled for control by control commands associated with the activated visible icon; and

remote updating of the stored interactive multimedia content with updated security clearance without requiring wearer to remove or replace the wearable security device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising authenticating the wearer'"'"'s security clearance based on the interactive multimedia content retrieved by the image scanning device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the interactive multimedia content may be displayed in any one or more of the following formats:

video, text, graphics, and audio.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprises controlling the wearer'"'"'s security clearance by utilizing at least one control command associated with the at least one hyperlink or the activated visible icon.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising remotely swapping the current embedded interactive multimedia content with the updated security clearance that is stored within the scannable frame on the wearable security device'"'"'s exterior without requiring wearer to remove or replace the wearable security device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the security application program is further configured for performing any one or more of the following:

retrieving the at least one multimedia content by linking to a website

receiving identification information for wearer;

retrieving registered information for site access area being accessed;

assigning an appropriate security clearance for wearer based on the retrieved registered information;

approving issuance of the wearable security device to the wearer;

receiving a control command for controlling the multimedia content associated with the scannable frame and/or image;

engaging the at least one hyperlink or icon for accessing or controlling the multimedia content using at least one control command associated with the at least one hyperlink or icon by overlaying a display area within the scannable frame with the at least one visible icon;

controlling multimedia content pursuant to a control command associated with the at least one icon or hyperlink in the at least one hot corner;

or

displaying the at least one multimedia content on a networked communication device'"'"'s displaying means.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the wearable security device further comprises an image displayed within the scannable frame.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the security application program is further configured for displaying the at least one multimedia content within the scannable frame with full functionality for review and control using control commands.