DISTRIBUTED ACCESS CONTROL

摘要

An access control system that comprises a storage for storing a plurality of user profiles of a plurality of users, each one of the plurality of user profiles is associated with a unique identifier of one of the plurality of users and defining access credentials of a respective the user to each of a plurality of gates, a central unit having at least one processor and an access manager module executed by the processor, and a plurality of gate control units which includes a reader to read information and a gate controller adapted to instruct an opening of at least one of the plurality of gates based on an analysis which is performed in the central unit of information extracted from an output of the reader.

主权项

1. An access control system, comprising:
a storage for storing a plurality of user profiles of a plurality of users, each one of said plurality of user profiles is associated with a unique identifier of one of said plurality of users and defining access credentials of a respective said user to each of a plurality of gates; a central unit having at least one processor and an access manager module executed by said processor; a plurality of gate control units each having:
a reader to identify a unique identifier of one of said plurality of users,a network interface for transmitting said unique identifier to said central unit via a computer network and to receive from said central unit a message indicative of approving or rejecting an access of a user identified with said unique identifier to a physical location associated with respective said gate control unit, anda gate controller adapted to instruct an opening of at least one of said plurality of gates based on an analysis of said message; wherein said access manager module generates said message based on a match between said unique identifier and data from a respective said user profile.