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Systems and methods for electronic ticket validation using proximity detection

  • US 9,881,433 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2015
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring permission for persons to be in a location, said system comprising:

  • a secured area having at least one entry point, wherein each of the entry points have a mechanical gate with an open position and a closed position;

    at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors attached to at least one of a portion of the mechanical gate and an area adjacent to a portion of the mechanical gate;

    a token device in communication with the at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors and a system computing device, wherein each of the at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors are used by the system computing device to determine a relative location of the token device relative to one of the at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors according to signal strength to provide a detection data point for each of the at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors and a set of detection data points for the group of detection data points;

    wherein the system computing device calculates the shared proximity of the token device according to the set of detection data points and determines that the token device contains a valid ticket or does not contain a valid ticket, wherein the token device contains a valid ticket and the system computing device determines the shared proximity of the token device is within a predetermined area the system computing device will cause the mechanical gate to go to the open position.

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