Automatic calendric physical access

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9824515-B2
Application number	US-201514666361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving packets of data identifying a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device, the wireless device requesting wireless access to a wireless network serving a secure area;
determining a user associated with the wireless device is an invitee to a meeting;
querying an electronic database for a destination associated with the meeting, the electronic database electronically associating routes to destinations including the destination associated with the meeting;
identifying locational waypoints in the electronic database that are electronically associated with the destination associated with the meeting;
comparing a location associated with the wireless device to the locational waypoints; and
generating an electronic entry instruction in response to the wireless device approaching the destination associated with the meeting;
wherein the electronic entry instruction permits physical access to the secure area.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving global positioning system information representing the locational waypoints.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving network waypoints of service set identifiers along a route of the routes to the destination associated with the meeting.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electronic elevator instruction paired with one of the service set identifiers, 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 service set identifiers, the timing parameter for the summoning of the elevator.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the electronic entry instruction via a communications network to a controller.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving historical service set identifiers associated with wireless local area networks that are electronically associated to the cellular identifier.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, packets of data describing a cellular identifier associated with a wireless device, the wireless device requesting wireless access to a wireless network serving a secure area;
determining, by the server, a user associated with the wireless device is an invitee to a meeting;
querying, by the server, an electronic database for a destination associated with the meeting, the electronic database electronically associating routes to destinations including the destination associated with the meeting;
identifying, by the server, a route comprising waypoints of service set identifiers in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the destination associated with the meeting;
comparing, by the server, a network identifier reported by the wireless device to the waypoints of service set identifiers; and
generating, by the server, an electronic entry instruction in response to the wireless device tracking along the waypoints of service set identifiers to the destination associated with the meeting; and
sending, by the server, the electronic entry instruction via a communications network to a network address associated with a controller;
wherein the electronic entry instruction permits physical access to the secure area based on the network identifier reported by the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising retrieving the destination associated with the meeting.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a sequential match of the waypoints of service set identifiers.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising retrieving an elevator instruction from the electronic database that is electronically associated with a service set identifier in the waypoints of service set identifiers, the elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising retrieving a timing parameter from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the service set identifier, the timing parameter for the summoning of the elevator.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising retrieving a sequence of historical service set identifiers that are electronically associated with 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, the cellular device requesting access to a wireless local area network serving a secure area;
determining a user associated with the wireless device is an invitee to a meeting;
querying an electronic database for a destination associated with the meeting, the electronic database electronically associating routes to destinations including the destination associated with the meeting;
identifying a route comprising waypoints of service set identifiers in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the destination associated with the meeting;
comparing a network identifier reported by the wireless device to the waypoints of service set identifiers; and
generating an electronic entry instruction in response to the wireless device tracking along the waypoints of service set identifiers to the destination associated with the meeting; and
sending the electronic entry instruction via a communications network to a network address associated with a controller.

15. The memory device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the destination associated with the meeting.

16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a sequential match of the waypoints of service set identifiers.

17. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an elevator instruction from the electronic database that is electronically associated with a service set identifier in the waypoints of service set identifiers, the elevator instruction for summoning an elevator.

18. The memory device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a timing parameter from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the service set identifier, the timing parameter for the summoning of the elevator.

19. The memory device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a frolic in response to the network identifier reported by the wireless device failing to match the waypoints of service set identifiers.

20. The memory device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving historical service set identifiers electronically associated with the cellular identifier.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Klein Craig Arthur
• Harp Gregory O
• Sineath Joseph Eric

Classifications

• G06F16/955

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G07C9/20 Primary

  involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G07C9/00896

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title