System and network for access control to real property using mobile identification credential

A provider system for processing a request for user access at an access touchpoint from a user device of a user, the provider system connected with a plurality of readers corresponding to one or more restricted area access points, the provider system comprising a computer programmed to:

• establish a secure local connection between the user device and the provider system via a reader of the plurality of readers;
• receive, from the user device, a request for user access;
• send, to the user device, a request for identification information of the user;
• receive part or all of user information included in a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which the user device received from a first authorizing party system (APS), the part or all of user information including the identification information of the user, the user having consented to release the part or all of user information to the provider system, and the part or all of user information having been verified by the first APS, the first APS being a separate system from the provider system;
• use the verified part or all of user information included in the first MIC to verify or not verify an identity of the user;
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• verify the identity of the user before granting the user the request for the user access via the one restricted area access point corresponding to the one reader.

An access touchpoint operations method for a user having a user device to request user access to an area from an access touchpoint device, the method comprising:

• establishing, by the access touchpoint device serving as a Relying Party System (RPS), a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD);
• sending, by the RPS, a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of first Mobile Identification Credential (MIC) user information;
• obtaining, by the RPS, authentication of the first MIC user information received in response to the user information request;
• retrieving, by the RPS, user registration information based on the first MIC user information, the user registration information having been provided by the user to the RPS before the RPS sends the user information request to the UMD;
• determining, by the RPS, whether the user registration information matches the first MIC user information or not;
• and
• when the user registration information matches the first MIC user information, providing, by the RPS, approval for the user to have user access to the area.