Transient asset management systems and methods
First Claim
1. An access control system associated with an access-controlled area of a distributed site of an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
- a credential input interface configured to receive authentication credentials from one or more users, and configured to receive an indication that one or more users have exited the access-controlled area;
a communications interface configured to receive identification information from one or more proximately-located transient assets;
a processor communicatively coupled to the credential input interface and the communications interface;
a computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to;
determine whether the authentication credentials received by the credential input interface are associated with one or more users having physical access rights to the access-controlled area;
generate, based on the determination, a control signal configured to implement an access control action by an access control device associated with the access-controlled area allowing physical access to the one or more users;
receive, in response to a first transient asset discovery process performed by the processor, identification information from the one or more proximately-located transient assets;
generate transient asset association information associating the one or more transient assets with the one or more users based on the identification information and the authentication credentials;
storing the transient asset association information on the computer-readable storage medium;
initiate a second transient asset discovery process based on receiving the indication;
receive, in response to the second transient asset discovery process, the identification information from the one or more proximately located transient assets; and
,determine that the one or more transient assets are unattended.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.
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22 Claims
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1. An access control system associated with an access-controlled area of a distributed site of an electric power delivery system, the system comprising:
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a credential input interface configured to receive authentication credentials from one or more users, and configured to receive an indication that one or more users have exited the access-controlled area; a communications interface configured to receive identification information from one or more proximately-located transient assets; a processor communicatively coupled to the credential input interface and the communications interface; a computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to; determine whether the authentication credentials received by the credential input interface are associated with one or more users having physical access rights to the access-controlled area; generate, based on the determination, a control signal configured to implement an access control action by an access control device associated with the access-controlled area allowing physical access to the one or more users; receive, in response to a first transient asset discovery process performed by the processor, identification information from the one or more proximately-located transient assets; generate transient asset association information associating the one or more transient assets with the one or more users based on the identification information and the authentication credentials; storing the transient asset association information on the computer-readable storage medium; initiate a second transient asset discovery process based on receiving the indication; receive, in response to the second transient asset discovery process, the identification information from the one or more proximately located transient assets; and
,determine that the one or more transient assets are unattended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for managing transient assets brought within an access-controlled area of a distributed site of an electric power delivery system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a credential input interface, authentication credentials from one or more users; determining that the received authentication credentials are associated with one or more users having physical access rights to the access-controlled area; generating, based on the determination, a control signal configured to allow the one or more users physical access to the access-controlled area; performing a first transient asset discovery process to identify one or more proximately-located transient assets; receiving, in response to the first transient asset discovery process, identification information from the one or more proximately located transient assets; generating transient asset association information associating the one or more transient assets with the one or more users based on the identification information and the authentication credentials; storing the transient asset association information on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; receiving, at the credential input interface, an indication that the one or more users have exited the access controlled area; initiating a second transient asset discovery process based on receiving the indication; receiving, in response to the second transient asset discovery process, identification information from the one or more proximately located transient assets; determining that the one or more transient assets are unattended within the access-controlled area; and
,generating a notification that the one or more transient assets are unattended. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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