Device Enabled Identity Authentication

摘要

Described is a flexible and customizable physical access control system that allows for a smart device to execute an authentication application that users subscribe to for various physical locations with pre-determined rule sets that correspond to registration information of the physical location's qualifications and rules sets. A user's smart device is used as a credential for large number of locations so long as that location is in the subscriber network.

主权项

1. A system authentication/access control to a physical location, the system comprising:
at least one access control device at a first physical location, which access control device controls access to the physical location; a central, cloud-based cluster of computers that executes a subscription based access service application to manage access to the physical location through the one or more device readers at the first physical location on behalf of subscribing customers; a user device to access the physical location through an application downloaded to the user device, which application is managed by subscription service application.