ESTABLISHING AN E-BADGE VIA MOBILE PRE-REGISTRATION FOR A VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20120310852A1
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Balakrishnan, Sivakumar, Ramalingamoorthy, Muthuvel, Dhandapani, Nandakumar
• Application Number:
  US13/151,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20120310852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/323
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A system and method for establishing an e-badge via mobile pre-registration for a visitor management system is provided. The method includes receiving a pre-registration request for a future visit to a building, confirming the pre-registration request, and providing an e-badge to a guest mobile device for the future visit to the building.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a pre-registration request for a future visit to a building;

confirming the pre-registration request; and

providing an e-badge to a guest mobile device for the future visit to the building.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a pre-registration request for a future visit includes receiving personal information of a guest and receiving information about the future visit to the building.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the information about the future visit to the building includes a date and duration of the future visit and a host of the future visit.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the pre-registration request in a database and identifying the pre-registration request in the database as pending until the pre-registration request is confirmed.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein confirming the pre-registration request includes submitting the pre-registration request to a host of the future visit for confirmation.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the pre-registration request in a database and identifying the pre-registration request in the database as authorized after the pre-registration request is confirmed.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein providing an e-badge to a guest mobile device includes displaying the e-badge on the guest mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the e-badge includes at least one of a photograph of the guest and a machine-readable representation of data representing information about the guest and the future visit.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the machine-readable representation of data includes a barcode.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein providing an e-badge to a guest mobile device includes displaying a route map on the guest mobile device, the route map providing directions to the user for traversing the building.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing the e-badge from the guest mobile device after the future visit to the building.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the pre-registration request in a database and identifying the pre-registration request in the database as expired after the future visit to the building.

4. The method of 2 wherein the information about the future visit to the building includes a purpose for the future visit.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising identifying a host for the future visit based on the purpose for the future visit.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which, when implemented by one or more processors, perform the following operations:

displaying pre-registered past, present, and future appointments to visit a building by a user;

receiving input for a pre-registration request;

transmitting a request for confirmation of the pre-registration request;

receiving confirmation for the pre-registration request;

updating the pre-registered past, present, and future appointments based on the received confirmation; and

displaying an e-badge for the pre-registration request.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the instructions for displaying an e-badge further include instructions for displaying, on a mobile device of the user, a photograph of the user and instructions for displaying, on a mobile device of the user, a machine-readable representation of data representing information about the user and about the pre-registration request.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions for:

receiving input identifying a host for the pre-registration request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions for:

storing the pre-registration request in a database; and

identifying the stored pre-registration request in the database as one of pending, authorized, or expired.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 further comprising instructions for:

changing an identification of the stored pre-registration request from pending to authorized when a host confirms the pre-registration request.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 further comprising instructions for:

displaying the e-badge for the pre-registration request only when the pre-registration request is identified as authorized in the database; and

disabling the e-badge for the pre-registration request when the pre-registration request is identified as pending or expired in the database.

21. A system comprising:

executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

at least one programmable processor for;

receiving a pre-registration request for a future visit to a building;

confirming the pre-registration request; and

providing an e-badge to a guest mobile device for the future visit to the building.