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Sending access information from physical access control system to user terminal

  • US 9,848,363 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2014
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for initiating a connection of a mobile communication device (MCD) to a target wireless access point (TWAP) providing access to a communication network, the system comprising:

  • an access control apparatus, physically separate from the TWAP, comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for configuring the processor to carry out a method comprising;

    establishing a device to device short communication link connection between the access control apparatus and the MCD; and

    communicating, by the access control apparatus via the device to device short communication link connection, an access information to the MCD, wherein the access information enables the MCD to establish access to the communication network via a wireless connection, distinct from the device to device short communication link connection, between the MCD and the TWAP,wherein the communicating the access information to the MCD is carried out in response to a triggering condition taken from the group consisting of;

    detecting, by the access control apparatus, a presence of the MCD within a detection range of the access control apparatus, andauthenticating the MCD based upon authentication information provided by the MCD to the access control apparatus via the device to device short communication link connection, andwherein the access information communicated by the access control apparatus to the MCD is sufficient to confirm the access by the MCD to the communication network without a further communicating between the TWAP and the access control apparatus after the communicating the access information to the MCD by the access control apparatus.

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