Systems and methods for electronic ticket validation using proximity detection
First Claim
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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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring permission to be in a location comprising: a secured area having at least one entry point with a mechanical gate having an open and closed position; at least two wireless proximity sensors attached to a portion of (or the area adjacent to) the mechanical gate; a token device in communication with the wireless proximity sensors that determine a location of the token device relative to one of the wireless proximity sensors to provide a detection data point and a set of detection data points for the group of detection data points; and a system computing device that calculates the shared proximity of the token device. If the token device contains a valid ticket and 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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34 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring permission for persons to be in a location, said system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of validating a ticket and monitoring permission for persons to be in a location, the method comprising:
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providing 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; providing 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; providing a token device in communication with the at least two bluetooth low energy wireless proximity sensors and a system computing device; determining 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 wireless proximity sensors and a set of detection data points for the group of detection data points; calculating, by the system computing device, the shared proximity of the token device according to the set of detection data points; determining whether the token device contains a valid ticket or does not contain a valid ticket; directing, by the system computing device, the mechanical gate to go to open position upon determination that the token device contains a valid ticket and the shared proximity of the token device is within a predetermined area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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