IP Library Granted Patent US 11,570,623
Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,623 · App. 17/492,422 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Secure communication platform

Inventors: Robert Douglas (Toronto, CA); Pritesh Yogesh Patel (Burlington, CA); Anthony Snell (Toronto, CA); Courtney Ryan Gibson (Toronto, CA); Josh Solomon (Toronto, CA)
Assignee: BIOCONNECT INC.
H04W12/08G06Q20/3278H04W4/029H04W4/80H04W12/068H04L9/3242H04W12/63H04W12/64
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,570,623
App. No.
17/492,422
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable media for electronically controlling a user's access to one or more controlled resources are provided. A near-field communication-based mobile credential data payload is provisioned on a mobile device capable of establishing a contactless payment transaction and a low energy proximity beacon signal is periodically broadcasted. The beacon signal and an emulated contactless payment transaction can be utilized in concert to determine that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources.

Claims (39)

1. A system for electronically controlling a user's access to one or more controlled resources using a mobile credential data payload on a mobile device capable of establishing a contactless transaction, the mobile credential data payload representative of an identity associated with the user, the system comprising:

a computer processor, operating with computer memory and a data storage device, the computer processor configured to:

control a proximity beacon to periodically broadcast a proximity beacon signal adapted for receipt on a corresponding antenna on a mobile device associated with a user, the mobile device tracking a position characteristic of the mobile device using the beacon signal;

receive, at a first communication device, a tokenized data packet generated from the mobile credential data payload or representing the mobile credential data payload;

emulate the contactless transaction using the tokenized data packet;

determine that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction;

validate the position characteristic of the mobile device against a spatial positioning criterion; and

provision access to the one or more controlled resources.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more controlled resources are located in a secure area having an unsecured side and a secured side, the first communication device is disposed on the unsecured side and the proximity beacon is disposed on the secured side.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first communication device includes a Wiegand emulator configured for emulating a Wiegand data flow associated with the user upon a successful determination that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources and a successful validation of the position characteristic of the mobile device, the Wiegand data flow provisioning the access to the one or more controlled resources.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include physical latches.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the physical latches reside on a cabinet or a closet controlling physical access to pharmaceutical drugs, and determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction includes further validating the identity against one or more access restrictions associated with the identity.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the physical latches include a vehicle interlock controller, and determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction includes further validating the identity against one or more access restrictions associated with the identity.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more access restrictions are dynamically modified based on external data sets indicative of environmental conditions, the one or more access restrictions including differing levels of required credentials.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include one or more physical items residing in a vending machine, and provisioning access to the one or more controlled resources includes dispensing a physical item of the one or more physical items from the vending machine.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the contactless transaction includes payment data that is utilized to process a payment in conjunction with the dispensing of the physical item.

10. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include one or more virtual resource controllers that are configured to log into one or more virtual systems upon a successful determination that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources and a successful validation of the position characteristic of the mobile device.

11. A method for electronically controlling a user's access to one or more controlled resources using a mobile credential data payload on a mobile device capable of establishing a contactless transaction, the mobile credential data payload representative of an identity associated with the user, the method comprising:

controlling a proximity beacon to periodically broadcast a proximity beacon signal adapted for receipt on a corresponding antenna on a mobile device associated with a user, the mobile device tracking a position characteristic of the mobile device using the beacon signal;

receiving, at a first communication device, a tokenized data packet generated from the mobile credential data payload or representing the mobile credential data payload;

emulating the contactless transaction using the tokenized data packet;

determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction;

validating the position characteristic of the mobile device against a spatial positioning criterion; and

provisioning access to the one or more controlled resources.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more controlled resources are located in a secure area having an unsecured side and a secured side, the first communication device is disposed on the unsecured side and the proximity beacon is disposed on the secured side.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first communication device includes a Wiegand emulator configured for emulating a Wiegand data flow associated with the user upon a successful determination that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources and a successful validation of the position characteristic of the mobile device, the Wiegand data flow provisioning the access to the one or more controlled resources.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include physical latches.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the physical latches reside on a cabinet or a closet controlling physical access to pharmaceutical drugs, and determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction includes further validating the identity against one or more access restrictions associated with the identity.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the physical latches include a vehicle interlock controller, and determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction includes further validating the identity against one or more access restrictions associated with the identity.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more access restrictions are dynamically modified based on external data sets indicative of environmental conditions, the one or more access restrictions including differing levels of required credentials.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include one or more physical items residing in a vending machine, and provisioning access to the one or more controlled resources includes dispensing a physical item of the one or more physical items from the vending machine.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more controlled resources include one or more virtual resource controllers that are configured to log into one or more virtual methods upon a successful determination that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources and a successful validation of the position characteristic of the mobile device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine interpretable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for electronically controlling a user's access to one or more controlled resources using a mobile credential data payload on a mobile device capable of establishing a contactless transaction, the mobile credential data payload representative of an identity associated with the user, the method comprising:

controlling a proximity beacon to periodically broadcast a proximity beacon signal adapted for receipt on a corresponding antenna on a mobile device associated with a user, the mobile device tracking a position characteristic of the mobile device using the beacon signal;

receiving, at a first communication device, a tokenized data packet generated from the mobile credential data payload or representing the mobile credential data payload;

emulating the contactless transaction using the tokenized data packet;

determining that the identity is authorized to access the one or more controlled resources based on the emulated contactless transaction;

validating the position characteristic of the mobile device against a spatial positioning criterion; and

provisioning access to the one or more controlled resources.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: BIOCONNECT INC.
To: MEDIXSAFE INC.
Reel/Frame 071616/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2021
From: DOUGLAS, ROBERT; PATEL, PRITESH YOGESH; SNELL, ANTHONY; GIBSON, COURTNEY RYAN; SOLOMON, JOSH
To: BIOCONNECT INC.
Reel/Frame 057988/0507 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16683858 · Nov 14, 2019
Provisional Application 62767278 · Nov 14, 2018
Related Publication 20220030432A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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