Access control via a mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10733820-B2
Application number	US-201816237236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2018
Priority date	Nov 18, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to track a location of a mobile device in a facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility, wherein the mobile device is associated with a particular user having access rights associated with the facility, determine that the mobile device is located in a particular area of the facility, determine whether the user is allowed access to the particular area based on the access rights, and provide a notification responsive to a determination that the user is not allowed access to the particular area.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to:
track a location of a mobile device in a facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility, wherein the mobile device includes a display and wherein the mobile device is associated with a particular user having access rights associated with the facility;
determine that the mobile device is located in a particular area of the facility;
determine whether the particular user is allowed access to the particular area based on the access rights;
provide a user notification on the display of the mobile device responsive to a determination that the particular user is not allowed access to the particular area; and
provide a deactivation notification to security personnel responsive to a determination that a location functionality of the mobile device has been deactivated by the particular user.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the user notification includes a text based message that notifies the particular user that the particular user is not allowed access to the particular area.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the user notification includes a text based message that instructs the particular user to leave the particular area.

4. The medium of claim 1 , further comprising:
provide a security notification to security personnel responsive to the determination that the particular user is not allowed access to the particular area.

5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the security notification includes a text based message that notifies the security personnel that the particular user has entered the particular area.

6. The medium of claim 5 , wherein the security notification is provided to a computing device associated with the security personnel.

7. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the deactivation notification is provided to a computing device associated with the security personnel.

8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to provide a loss of communication notification to the security personnel responsive to a loss of a communication with the mobile device.

9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine that the mobile device is located in the particular area of the facility include instruction to determine that the mobile device is located in the particular area of the facility based on a communication between the mobile device and one or more of the plurality of beacons located in the facility.

10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of beacons include:
a first beacon exterior to the particular area of the facility located a first distance from a door to the particular area;
a second beacon exterior to the particular area of the facility located a second distance from the door to the particular area, wherein the first distance exceeds the second distance; and
a third beacon interior to the particular area of the facility; and
wherein the instructions include instructions to track the mobile device based on communications between the mobile device and the first beacon, the second beacon, and the third beacon.

11. The medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions include instructions to determine that the mobile device is located in the particular area responsive to:
a first communication between the mobile device and the first beacon;
a second communication between the mobile device and the second beacon subsequent to the first communication; and
a third communication between the mobile device and the third beacon subsequent to the second communication.

12. A system for providing access control in a facility via a mobile device of a user, comprising:
a plurality of beacons located in the facility;
a mobile device associated with a user of the facility, the mobile device includes a display and is configured to:
store a digital identity; and
communicate with the plurality of beacons;

an access control system configured to:
track a location of the mobile device in the facility based on communications between the mobile device and the plurality of beacons located in the facility;
determine that the mobile device has validly traveled to a particular area of the facility when the location of the mobile device is identified at a first location farther from the particular area of the facility and then at a second location closer to the particular area of the facility, and in that order;
determine whether the user is allowed access into the particular area of the facility based on a determination that the mobile device has validly traveled to the particular area of the facility and the user has pre-assigned access rights;
provide a user notification on the display of the mobile device of the user responsive to a determination that the user is not allowed access to the particular area; and
provide a deactivation notification to security personnel responsive to a determination that a location functionality of the mobile device has been deactivated by the user.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the user notification includes a word or phrase that notifies the user that the user is not allowed access to the particular area.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the user notification includes a word or phrase that instructs the user to leave the particular area.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the access control system is further configured to provide a security notification to security personnel responsive to the determination that the user is not allowed access to the particular area.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the security notification includes a word or phrase that notifies the security personnel that the user has entered the particular area.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the security notification is provided to a computing device associated with the security personnel of the facility.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile device is a smart phone.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile device is a wearable device.

20. A method for providing access control in a facility via a mobile device, the method comprising:
tracking a location of the mobile device in the facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility, wherein the mobile device includes a display and wherein the mobile device is associated with a particular user having access rights associated with the facility;
determining that the mobile device has validly traveled to a particular area of the facility when the location of the mobile device is identified at a first location farther from the particular area of the facility and then at a second location closer to the particular area of the facility, and in that order;
determining whether the particular user is allowed access into the particular area based on a determination that the mobile device has validly traveled to the particular area of the facility and the user has the access rights;
providing a user notification on the display of the mobile device of the user responsive to a determination that the user is not allowed access to the particular area, wherein the user notification includes a word or phrase that notifies the user that the user is not allowed access to the particular area; and
providing a deactivation notification to security personnel responsive to a determination that a location functionality of the mobile device has been deactivat

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Lingan Magesh
• Rahal U Anantha Padmanabha
• Valder Roshan
• Jones Bryan

Classifications

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title

• G07C9/28

  the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• G07C2209/63

  Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title