Touchless visitor management
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsHemant Sahani, Saurav Choudhuri, Anoop Adur, Aditya Ulman
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Abstract
Disclosed are various approaches for providing touchless visitor management. A visitor can complete a visitor registration process using a client device of the visitor and obtain a virtual badge credential to a visitor's device. A physical access control system credential as well as a visitor badge can also be obtained to the visitor's device.
Claims20
A system for touchless visitor management comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- and
- a visitor management application executable by the at least one computing device, the visitor management application causing the at least one computing device to at least:
- obtain a request to register a visitor;
- provide a registration link to a client device associated with the visitor, the registration link pointing to a visitor registration portal;
- obtain visitor registration data associated with the visitor from the visitor portal;
- obtain confirmation of the request to register the visitor;
- and
- generate an expiring link that is unique to the visitor, the expiring link comprising a link to a downloadable profile, the downloadable profile associated with a digital visitor badge, the digital visitor badge comprising a code that is verifiable by another device, the expiring link further providing access to at least one facility access credential for the visitor, wherein the downloadable profile and the at least one facility access credential are transmitted to a client device of the visitor.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a request to register a visitor;
- providing a registration link to a client device associated with the visitor, the registration link pointing to a visitor registration portal;
- obtaining visitor registration data associated with the visitor from the visitor portal;
- obtaining confirmation of the request to register the visitor;
- and
- generating an expiring link that is unique to the visitor, the expiring link comprising a link to a downloadable profile, the downloadable profile associated with a digital visitor badge, the digital visitor badge comprising a code that is verifiable by another device, the expiring link further providing access to at least one facility access credential for the visitor, wherein the downloadable profile and the at least one facility access credential are transmitted to a client device of the visitor.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions, wherein when executed by a processor of at least one computing device, the machine-readable instructions cause the at least one computing device to at least:
- obtain a request to register a visitor;
- provide a registration link to a client device associated with the visitor, the registration link pointing to a visitor registration portal;
- obtain visitor registration data associated with the visitor from the visitor portal;
- obtain confirmation of the request to register the visitor;
- and
- generate an expiring link that is unique to the visitor, the expiring link comprising a link to a downloadable profile, the downloadable profile associated with a digital visitor badge, the digital visitor badge comprising a code that is verifiable by another device, the expiring link further providing access to at least one facility access credential for the visitor, wherein the downloadable profile and the at least one facility access credential are transmitted to a client device of the visitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.