System for integrating a plurality of access control systems having partitionable resources

摘要

In setting where a number of entities share a common resource and where those entities wish to exclude unauthorized individuals yet desire partitioned access for a set of individuals from each entity, a system integrates a plurality of sets of authorized credentials from a plurality of entities using networking techniques to allow partitioned access to common resources shared by those entities.

主权项

1. A system for integrating a plurality of autonomous access control systems, the system comprising:
a plurality of autonomous access control systems constructed and arranged to receive an input indicium, wherein at least one of said autonomous access control systems includes a reader for reading credentials from multiple users, each of the credentials having a coded indicium to uniquely identify a user, and wherein each of the autonomous access control systems includes a database containing a list of authorized credentials to enable activation of a control device to thereby allow access to authorized users; a plurality of databases, one of said databases associated with one of said autonomous access control systems, each of said plurality of databases storing valid indicia of authorized users of one of said associated autonomous access control system; one or more of said autonomous access control systems generating one or more output signals in the event of a match between the input indicium and one of said valid indicia stored in one of said databases, a plurality of receivers, each receiver associated with one of said autonomous access control systems, wherein one of said receivers generates an access control signal in response to receiving an output signal; and a data network connected to said receivers for receiving said access control signal, said access control signal transmitted via said data network to the control device of the first autonomous access control system to thereby create a pseudo-indicium read by the first autonomous access control system, to thereby allow access to authorized users.