Seamless hands-free reader route to a destination

1. A method of providing a seamless hands-free reader route to a destination, the method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device, an evacuation route from a starting point at a current location of the mobile device to the destination, the route comprising an ordered list of access control devices, and the mobile device comprising, for each of the access control devices in the ordered list, a credential that is currently authorized to unlock the access control device, wherein a single credential is currently authorized to unlock two or more of the access control devices in the ordered list;

detecting, at the mobile device, an event that triggers a start of the route, the event comprising an evacuation process; and

performing, at the mobile device, for each of the access control devices sequentially in an order of the access control devices in the ordered list:

scanning for a signal from the access control device; and

based on receiving the signal from the access control device, transmitting a message to the access control device, the message comprising a request to unlock the access control device and the credential that is authorized to unlock the access control device, the credential assigned to a user of the mobile device,

wherein the mobile device outputs information including verbal cues to provide waypoint guidance along the route to a user of the mobile device, and

an actual evacuation path of the user is identified based on reports received from the access control devices, each report indicating that the credential assigned to the user performed an unlock of the corresponding access control device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message to the access control device further comprises a request to automatically open a door controlled by the access control device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the route is generated based on an expected route of the user of the mobile device and the credential assigned to the user of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the route is generated by the user of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the route further comprises a timing requirement that indicates an expected amount of time for the user to move from one access control device to another access control device along the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the timing requirement being met.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the route further comprises a time of day requirement that indicates a time of day that the user of the mobile device is authorized to follow the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the time of day requirement being met.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the route further comprises a day of a week requirement that indicates a day of a week that the user of the mobile device is authorized to follow the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the day of a week requirement being met.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the signal and the transmitting the message are via a short-range wireless communication interface.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the short-range wireless communication interface is Bluetooth.

10. A system configured to provide a seamless hands-free reader route to a destination, the system comprising a mobile device, the mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an evacuation route from a starting point at a current location of the mobile device to the destination, the route comprising an ordered list of access control devices, and the mobile device comprising, for each of the access control devices in the ordered list, a credential that is currently authorized to unlock the access control device, wherein a single credential is authorized to unlock two or more of the access control devices in the ordered list;

detecting an event that triggers a start of the route, the event comprising an evacuation process; and

performing for each of the access control devices in an order of the access control devices in the ordered list:

scanning for a signal from the access control device; and

based on receiving the signal from the access control device, transmitting a message to the access control device, the message comprising a request to unlock the access control device and a credential that is authorized to unlock the access control device, the credential assigned to a user of the mobile device,

wherein the mobile device outputs information including verbal cues to provide waypoint guidance along the route to a user of the mobile device, and

an actual evacuation path of the user is identified based on reports received from the access control devices, each report indicating that the credential assigned to the user performed an unlock of the corresponding access control device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the message to the access control device further comprises a request to automatically open a door controlled by the access control device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the route is generated based on an expected route of the user of the mobile device and the credential assigned to the user of the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the route is generated by the user of the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the route further comprises a timing requirement that indicates an expected amount of time for the user to move from one access control device to another access control device along the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the timing requirement being met.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the route further comprises a time of day requirement that indicates a time of day that the user of the mobile device is authorized to follow the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the time of day requirement being met.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the route further comprises a day of a week requirement that indicates a day of a week that the user of the mobile device is authorized to follow the route, and the transmitting the message is further based on the day of a week requirement being met.

17. A method of providing a seamless hands-free reader route to a destination, the method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device, an evacuation route from a starting point at a current location of the mobile device to the destination, the route comprising a pool of access control devices, and the mobile device comprising, for each of the access control devices in the pool of access control devices, a credential that is currently authorized to unlock the access control device, wherein a single credential is currently authorized to unlock two or more of the access control devices in the pool of access control devices;

detecting, at the mobile device, an event that triggers a start of the route, the event comprising an evacuation process; and

performing, at the mobile device, for access control devices in the pool of access control devices along the route:

scanning for a signal from the access control device; and

based on receiving the signal from the access control device, transmitting a message to the access control device, the message comprising a request to unlock the access control device and a credential that is authorized to unlock the access control device, the credential assigned to a user of the mobile device,

wherein the mobile device outputs information including verbal cues to provide waypoint guidance along the route to a user of the mobile device, and

an actual evacuation path of the user is identified based on reports received from the access control devices, each report indicating that the credential assigned to the user performed an unlock of the corresponding access control device.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the message to the access control device further comprises a request to automatically open a door controlled by the access control device.