Access control request manager based on learning profile-based access pathways

An access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways in a physical access control system (PACS), the access control request manager comprising:

• an access pathways learning module configured to determine a reachability graph associated with each resource in the PACS;
• a permissions request module in operable communication with the access pathways learning module, the permissions request module including an access request user interface configured to permit a user or an administrator, to provide a request for a permission to permit the user access to, or revoke the user's access to, a resource in the PACS, the permissions request module configured to:
• determine if the requested permission is already granted to the user;
• compute a pathway to reach the requested resource based on the reachability graph;
• suggest a permission, if needed, required to satisfy the request based on the computed Pathway;
• if approved, add the suggested permission to any permissions granted to the user;
• computing profile based access pathways associated with the refined reachability graph and historical access event from at least one user associated with at least an attribute, wherein access pathways are a combination of pathways from a first reader to a destination reader.

A physical access control system (PACS) with an access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways, the physical access control system comprising:

• a credential including user information stored thereon, the credential presented by a user to request access to a resource protected by a door;
• a reader in operative communication with the credential and configured to read user information from the credential;
• a controller executing a set of access control permissions for permitting access of the user to the resource, the permissions generated with access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways comprising:
• an access pathways learning module configured to determine an reachability graph associated with each resource in the PACS;
• a permissions request module in operable communication, the permissions request module including an access request user interface configured to permit a user or an administrator, to provide a request for a permission to permit the user access to, or revoke the user's access to, a resource in the PACS, the permissions request module configured to:
• determine if the requested permission is already granted to the user;
• compute a pathway to reach the requested resource based on the reachability graph;
• suggest a permission, if needed, required to satisfy the request based on the computed pathway;
• and
• if approved, add the suggested permission to any permissions granted to the user;
• wherein the controller is disposed at the door to permit access to the resource via the door;
• wherein the reachability graph is based on a statistical rule that a first reader can be reached from a second reader if there exists two consecutive access events in a history of access events for any cardholder that accesses the first reader and the second reader.

A physical access control system (PACS) with an access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways, the physical access control system comprising:

• a credential including user information stored thereon, the credential presented by a user to request access to a resource protected by a door;
• a reader in operative communication with the credential and configured to read user information from the credential;
• a controller executing a set of access control permissions for permitting access of the user to the resource, the permissions generated with access control request manager based on learning profile based access pathways comprising:
• an access pathways learning module configured to determine an reachability graph associated with each resource in the PACS;
• a permissions request module in operable communication, the permissions request module including an access request user interface configured to permit a user or an administrator, to provide a request for a permission to permit the user access to, or revoke the user's access to, a resource in the PACS, the permissions request module configured to:
• determine if the requested permission is already granted to the user;
• compute a pathway to reach the requested resource based on the reachability graph;
• suggest a permission, if needed, required to satisfy the request based on the computed pathway;
• and
• if approved, add the suggested permission to any permissions granted to the user;
• wherein the controller is disposed at the door to permit access to the resource via the door;
• computing profile based access pathways associated with the refined reachability graph and historical access event from at least one user associated with at least an attribute, wherein access pathways are a combination of pathways from a first reader to a destination reader.