IP Library Granted Patent US 10,748,364
Granted Patent B1
US 10,748,364 · App. 16/513,286 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Methods and systems for access control

Inventors: Himanshu Kulshrestha (Agra, IN); Kuldeep Sharma (Gurugram, IN); Pawan Sharma (Gurgaon, IN); Mohd Arif (Saharanpur, IN)
Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
G07C9/27G07C9/00571H04W60/06G07C2209/02
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Patent No.
US 10,748,364
App. No.
16/513,286
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for controlling access including receiving registration information associating a mobile device with an access device, wherein the access device provides an access privilege to an access-controlled point, associating the mobile device with the access device, receiving a blocking request from the mobile device to suspend the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device, authenticating the blocking request, and suspending, in response to authenticating the blocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device. In another aspect, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for controlling access may include receiving an unblocking request from the mobile device to restore the access privilege to the access-controlled point, authenticating the unblocking request, restoring, in response to authenticating the unblocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

Claims (52)

1. A method of controlling access, comprising:

receiving registration information associating a mobile device with an access device, wherein the access device provides an access privilege to an access-controlled point;

associating the mobile device with the access device;

receiving a blocking request from the mobile device to suspend the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device;

authenticating the blocking request; and

suspending, in response to authenticating the blocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a blocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to suspending the access privilege provided by the access device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after suspending the access privilege:

receiving an access request with the access device; and

alerting security personnel of the access request.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an unblocking request from the mobile device to restore the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device associated with the mobile device;

authenticating the unblocking request; and

restoring, in response to authenticating the unblocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising transmitting an unblocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to restoring the access privilege provided by the access device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the registration information comprises at least one of hardware information, a phone number, or a subscriber identity module identifier of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access device is an access card comprising a magnetic strip or a radio frequency identification tag.

8. An security server, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor communicatively coupled with the memory, the processor being configured to execute the instructions to:

receive registration information associating a mobile device with an access device, wherein the access device provides an access privilege to an access-controlled point;

associate the mobile device with the access device;

receive a blocking request from the mobile device to suspend the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device;

authenticate the blocking request; and

suspend, in response to authenticating the blocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

9. The security server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a blocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to suspending the access privilege provided by the access device.

10. The security server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to, after suspending the access privilege:

receive an access request with the access device; and

alert security personnel of the access request.

11. The security server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive an unblocking request from the mobile device to restore the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device associated with the mobile device;

authenticate the unblocking request; and

restore, in response to authenticating the unblocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

12. The security server of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit an unblocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to restoring the access privilege provided by the access device.

13. The security server of claim 8 , wherein the registration information comprises at least one of hardware information, a phone number, or a subscriber identity module identifier of the mobile device.

14. The security server of claim 8 , wherein the access device is an access card comprising a magnetic strip or a radio frequency identification tag.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive registration information associating a mobile device with an access device, wherein the access device provides an access privilege to an access-controlled point;

associate the mobile device with the access device;

receive a blocking request from the mobile device to suspend the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device;

authenticate the blocking request; and

suspend, in response to authenticating the blocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to transmit a blocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to suspending the access privilege provided by the access device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, after suspending the access privilege:

receive an access request with the access device; and

alert security personnel of the access request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive an unblocking request from the mobile device to restore the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device associated with the mobile device;

authenticate the unblocking request; and

restore, in response to authenticating the unblocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to transmit an unblocking confirmation to the mobile device in response to restoring the access privilege provided by the access device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the access device is an access card comprising a magnetic strip or a radio frequency identification tag.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 068494/0384 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 058955/0472 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS US HOLDINGS LLC
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058955/0394 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS US HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 058957/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS LLC
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS US HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 058600/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS US HOLDINGS LLC
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS INC
Reel/Frame 058600/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS INC
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 058600/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: KULSHRESTHA, HIMANSHU; SHARMA, KULDEEP; SHARMA, PAWAN; ARIF, MOHD
To: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 049860/0126 →