Systems and methods for implementing advanced cooperation between multiple related companies for employee access to inter-company resources

摘要

A system and method are provided for implementing improved access to inter-company resources among related companies in a same industry, including a mechanism where airline aircrew members and other employees, including pilots, cabin flight crew and others can be validated as to eligibility to participate in cabin access programs, using automation and applying various rules and features. The disclosed schemes expand upon the currently-fielded CASS service to cover two additional groups of currently-unserved customer populations within the airline industry thereby availing those additional groups of benefits equivalent to those provided to pilots and cockpit aircrew by the CASS service. The two groups include: (1) airlines and other air carriers, including regional air carriers and business aviation entities and organizations, as well as other currently non-participating Twelve-Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP) entities and organizations; and (2) other airline employees including non-pilot cabin crew members, dispatchers and other ground-based airline employees.

主权项

1. A system for implementing access control, comprising:
a first communicating device that is configured to communicate with a plurality of access control units, each of the plurality of access control units being configured to accept a user request to gain access to access-controlled equipment; a second communicating device that is configured to communicate with a plurality of access control databases, at least one of the plurality of access control databases (1) being separately controlled by a respective individual entity and (2) containing information maintained by the respective individual entity for individual user access verification; an access resolution device that is configured to
receive a user access request from one of the plurality of access control units via the first communicating device, the user access request including identifying information for a user associated with a first entity requesting to gain access to access-controlled equipment controlled by a second entity, the second entity controlling the one of the plurality of access control units generating the user access request,query the plurality of access control databases, including at least an access control database separately controlled by the first entity, to collect information responsive to the user access request via the second communicating device,reference stored information regarding limitations on access for the identified user based on agreements between the first entity and the second entity, andforward access verification information for the identified user to the one of the plurality of access control units controlled by the second entity via the first communicating device; and a data analysis device that is configured to
archive information regarding each user access request and the forwarded access verification information responsive to the each user access request,analyze the stored information for at least one of a plurality of participating entities to generate use information for the at least one of the plurality of participating entities, andforward a result of the analysis to the at least one of the plurality of participating entities.