Access and security control system and method
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsMarc Monaco, Paul Roberts, Thomas Clare
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically regulating access control levels in an access control system based on prevailing security levels including homeland security levels, local environment situations such as crowds, rioting, looting, severe weather and temporal states such as workdays, weekends, holidays, and open houses.
Claims41
A method for adjusting access in an access control system for a building or facility or a residence, having portals and equipment, based on prevailing security situations, said method comprising the steps of:
- associating personnel and time criteria with portals and equipment for every prevailing security situations to form a portal access and equipment control matrix;
- storing said portal access and equipment control matrix in a database of an access control system computer;
- coupling said access control system computer to portal controls and equipment controls;
- selecting one of said prevailing security situations from said portal access and equipment control matrix;
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- automatically adjusting portal controls and equipment controls for said selected prevailing security situation.
A system for controlling access to a building or facility having portals that are opened or closed by locks, and equipment in the building or facility, using identity data detected by identity information detection means based on prevailing security situations, said system comprising an access system control computer interfaced with the identity information detection means and with locks on the portals and with the equipment and wherein access through the portals or operation of the equipment is modified by said access system control computer based on a portal access and equipment control matrix that associates personnel, time and location criteria with said prevailing security situations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.