System and method for managing event participant authorizations

A method for managing authorization of one or more event participants to access a facility, comprising:

• receiving, at a host e-mail address, a first e-mail including a plurality of parameters associated with an event, the plurality of parameters including an e-mail address associated with each of one or more participants for attending the event, the first e-mail being generated by a calendar application associated with an event organizer;
• processing, using one or more controllers, the received first e-mail to determine the plurality of parameters;
• storing the determined plurality of parameters in a database;
• and
• authorizing at least one of the one or more participants to access a facility based on the plurality of parameters.

One or more physical machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receive a first e-mail including a plurality of parameters associated with an event, the plurality of parameters including an e-mail address associated with each of one or more participants for attending the event, the first e-mail being generated by a calendar application associated with an event organizer;
• process the received first e-mail to determine the plurality of parameters;
• store the determined plurality of parameters in a database;
• and
• transmit a second e-mail to an e-mail address associated with the event organizer including a URL, the URL providing a link to a webpage configured to confirm the event if it is determined that the event organizer is a registered user;
• receive a confirmation of the event from the event organizer via the webpage;
• and
• authorize at least one of the one or more participants to access the facility based on the plurality of parameters.