Access management system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9378599-B2
Application number	US-201414527899-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2014
Priority date	May 12, 2014
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

An access management system and method are provided. The access management system includes an authentication means having an authentication key indicating an identity of a visitor, an authentication terminal configured to register by receiving user information corresponding to the authentication key, and store the user information matched with the authentication key recognized when the visitor accesses as an access history information of the visitor, and a user terminal configured to provide the user information corresponding to the authentication key to the authentication terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An access management system, comprising:
an authentication means having an authentication key indicating an identity of a visitor;
an authentication terminal having a first hardware processor configured to perform a registration operation by receiving user information corresponding to the authentication key, and storing the user information matched with the authentication key recognized, when the visitor makes an access attempt, as an access history record of the visitor; and
a user terminal having a second hardware processor configured to provide to the authentication terminal the user information corresponding to the authentication key.

2. The access management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication terminal further comprises:
a first communication unit configured to perform local area wireless communication with the user terminal;
an authentication key recognition unit configured to recognize the authentication key;
a storage configured to store the authentication key, the user information corresponding to the authentication key, and the access history record of the visitor; and
a first control unit implemented by the first hardware processor and configured to recognize a registration target authentication key using the authentication key recognition unit in response to receiving an authentication key registration request signal from the user terminal through the first communication unit, to request the user information corresponding to the recognized registration target authentication key from the user terminal, to perform a registration in the storage by matching the user information provided from the user terminal with the registration target authentication key, and to store the user information corresponding to the authentication key provided by the visitor as the access history record of the visitor when the visitor enters or exits.

3. The access management system according to claim 2 , wherein the first control unit determines whether the authentication key recognized when the visitor enters or exits is registered in the storage unit, and when the recognized authentication key is registered in the storage unit, releases a physical locking device, and stores in the storage the user information corresponding to the recognized authentication key as the access history record of the visitor.

4. The access management system according to claim 2 , wherein the first control unit transmits the access history record of the visitor to the user terminal through the first communication unit in response to a signal requesting the access history record.

5. The access management system according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal further comprises:
a second communication unit configured to perform local area wireless communication with the authentication terminal;
an authentication key management unit configured to request an authentication key registration to door lock terminal, and provide the user information corresponding to the authentication key;
an access history confirmation unit configured to confirm the access history information of the visitor; and
a second control unit implemented by the second hardware processor and configured to send a request for the authentication key registration to the authentication terminal using the authentication key management unit, to provide the user information corresponding to the authentication key to the authentication terminal, and to display the access history records of the visitor received from the authentication terminal.

6. The access management system according to claim 5 , wherein the second control unit is further configured to delete a previously registered authentication key.

7. The access management system according to claim 5 , wherein the second control unit is further configured to implement a change to previously registered user information corresponding to the authentication key.

8. The access management system according to claim 1 , wherein the user information comprises at least one of: a name, a nickname, a telephone number, and an address.

9. The access management system according to claim 1 , wherein the access history record of the visitor further comprises an access time, and a type of the authentication means.

10. The access management system according to claim 1 , wherein the authentication means comprises at least one of: a card, a communication terminal, and biometric authentication.

11. An access management method, comprising:
registering an authentication key indicating an identity of a visitor in an authentication terminal;
receiving and registering user information, from a user terminal, corresponding to the authentication key;
determining when the visitor enters or exist by receiving and recognizing an authentication key of the visitor;
storing the user information corresponding to the authentication key recognized when the visitor enters or exits as an access history record; and
confirming the access history information.

12. The access management method according to claim 11 , wherein the registering of the authentication key comprises:
receiving an authentication key registration request signal from the user terminal;
recognizing the authentication key;
determining whether the recognized authentication key is a new authentication key;
when the recognized authentication key is the new authentication key, registering the recognized authentication key; and
when the recognized authentication key is the previously registered authentication key, transmitting to the user terminal a message indicating that the recognized authentication key is a previously registered authentication key.

13. The access management method according to claim 12 , further comprising, before the receiving of the authentication key registration request signal from the user terminal, implementing a communication connection between the authentication terminal and the user terminal.

14. The access management method according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving and registering, of the user information corresponding to the authentication key, comprises:
requesting from the user terminal the user information corresponding to the authentication key;
determining whether the user information corresponding to the authentication key is received from the user terminal; and
when the user information corresponding to the authentication key is received, performing a registration operation by matching the user information with a corresponding authentication key.

15. The access management method according to claim 14 , further comprising, after the registering by matching the user information with the corresponding authentication key, ending the communication connection between the authentication terminal and the user terminal.

16. The access management method according to claim 11 , wherein the storing, of the user information corresponding to the authentication key recognized when the visitor enters or exits, as the access history record, comprises:
determining whether the authentication key recognized when the visitor enters or exits is a previously registered authentication key; and
when the authentication key recognized when the visitor enters or exits is the previously registered authentication key, releasing a physical locking device of a door and storing the user information corresponding to the authentication key as the access history record.

17. The access management method according to claim 16 , further comprising, after the determining of whether the authentication ke

Assignees

• Samsung Sds Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Young-Hee

Classifications

• G07C1/32

  Time-recording locks · CPC title

• G07C2009/00841

  by a portable device · CPC title

• G07C9/253

  visually · CPC title

• G07C9/30

  not involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G07C9/00563

  using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns · CPC title