Automatic Calendric Physical Access

• US 20160284140A1
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sineath, Joseph Eric, Klein, Craig Arthur, Harp, Gregory O.
• Granted Patent: US 9,824,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/08 With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Physical access to secure areas is automatically performed based on presence or detection of a wireless device. When a wireless cellular device is detected by a network serving a secure building, a unique identifier of the wireless cellular device is obtained. The identifier of the wireless cellular device may be compared to electronic calendars. If a matching calendar entry is determined, then the wireless cellular device is calendared to meet an employee or tenant inside the building. Physical access may thus be automatically granted, based on possession of a recognized cellular device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving packets of data identifying a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device requesting access to a wireless network serving a secure area;

querying an electronic database of meetings for the cellular identifier, the electronic database of meetings having electronic database entries that associate different cellular identifiers as invitees to different meetings;

determining a match between the cellular identifier and one of the electronic database entries describing a meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings; and

generating an electronic entry instruction in response to the match.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along a route to the location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electronic elevator instruction paired with one of the network waypoints, the electronic elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a timing parameter as a triplet with the electronic elevator instruction and the one of the network waypoints, the timing parameter for summoning the elevator.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic entry instruction as the packets of data into a communications network for routing to a network address associated with a controller.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving historical service set identifiers of wireless fidelity networks electronically logged in association to the cellular identifier.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, packets of data describing a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device requesting access to a wireless network serving a secure area;

querying, by the server, an electronic database of meetings for the cellular identifier, the electronic database of meetings having electronic database entries that associate different cellular identifiers as invitees to different meetings;

receiving, by the server, notification of a match between the cellular identifier and one of the electronic database entries describing a meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings;

generating, by the server, an electronic entry instruction in response to the match between the cellular identifier and the one of the electronic database entries describing the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings; and

sending, by the server, the electronic entry instruction as the packets of data into a communications network for routing to a network address associated with a controller.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving a location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along a route to the location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising retrieving an elevator instruction paired with one of the network waypoints of service set identifiers, the elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising retrieving a timing parameter as a triplet with the elevator instruction and the one of the network waypoints of service set identifiers, the timing parameter for summoning the elevator.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising retrieving a sequence of historical service set identifiers of wireless fidelity networks electronically logged in association to the cellular identifier.

14. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving packets of data describing a cellular identifier associated with a cellular device requesting access to a wireless fidelity network serving a secure area;

querying an electronic database for the cellular identifier, the electronic database having electronic database entries that associate different cellular identifiers as invitees to different meetings;

receiving, by the server, notification of a match between the cellular identifier and one of the electronic database entries describing a meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings;

generating an electronic entry instruction in response to the match between the cellular identifier and the one of the electronic database entries describing the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings; and

sending the electronic entry instruction as the packets of data into a communications network for routing to a network address associated with a controller.

15. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving network waypoints along a route to the location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

17. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an elevator instruction paired with one of the network waypoints, the elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

18. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a timing parameter as a triplet with the elevator instruction and the one of the network waypoints, the timing parameter for summoning the elevator.

19. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along a route to the location of the meeting scheduled in the electronic database of meetings.

20. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving historical service set identifiers of wireless fidelity networks electronically logged in association to the cellular identifier.