Methods, Software, and Systems for Providing Policy-Based Access

摘要

Methods, software, apparatus, and systems for policy-based access control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for providing policy-based access to a policy-controlled resource for a user, comprising: detecting an electronically encoded signal from a computer-controlled electronic access control service at a user-controlled computer-controlled electronic communications device proximate to the user; receiving an electronically encoded compliance query from the computer-controlled electronic access control service at the computer-controlled electronic communications device; determining an electronically encoded response to the electronically encoded compliance query using an electronically encoded, computer-controlled process on the computer-controlled computation device; and returning the electronically encoded response to the computer-controlled electronic access control service using the computer-controlled computation device.

主权项

1. A self-identifying device, the self-identifying device comprising:
a device identifier, said device identifier providing a unique identity for the device; a power source; a data processor for transmitting the device identifier over a communications interface, said data processor receiving power from said power source; a data storage containing encoded information, said encoded information including the device identifier, the data storage connected to said data processor; the communications interface, connected to said data processor, for receiving and sending signals, said signals encoded with the encoded information and with information regarding a presence of the self-identifying device, said signals exchanged with a smartphone configured to monitor the presence of said self-identifying device within a policy controlled area; and an attachment mechanism for mechanically coupling the self-identifying device to safety equipment.