SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING ACCESS CONTROL VIA MOBILE DEVICES

摘要

Described herein are systems and methods for enabling access control via mobile devices. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing a user to gain access to a controlled functionality (for example the unlocking of a door) using a smartphone or the like. These leverage short-range wireless communications, such as Bluetooth Low Energy or Near Field Communications.

主权项

1. A method, performed at an access control server, for selectively granting access to a controlled functionality, the method including:
receiving, via networked communications from a mobile device, data indicative of (i); an identifier read by the mobile device using short-range wireless communications and (ii) a mobile device identity; determining, based on the data indicative of the device identity, a specific access control functionality; determining, based on at least the data indicative of the mobile device identity, whether or not access to the specific access control functionality is to be granted; and in the case that the specific access control functionality is to be granted, sending a signal to a network location associated with the specific access control functionality, thereby to control a hardware component that is configured to grant access to the specific access control functionality.