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US 2015/0310682 A1Published application
Access Control System
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAditya Arora, Timothy Barge, Trinh Adams, Tim Johnson, Mark Antley
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Abstract
An access control system provides authentication and notification. A visitor to a facility, for example, authenticates to the access control system. Once an identity of the visitor is confirmed, the access control system sends a notification to a host, such as an employee. The notification informs the host of the arrival of the visitor.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- authenticating an identity of a user to an access control system;
- receiving, by the access control system, a contact request requesting contact with a name of a host;
- querying a database for the name of the host, the database storing associations between different names and different contact addresses;
- retrieving, by the access control system, a contact address associated with the name of the host;
- and
- initiating, by the access control system, a notification to the contact address, the notification informing the host that the user requests the contact.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- authenticating an identity of a user to an access control system;
- receiving a contact request at the access control system, the contact request entered by the user and requesting contact with a name of a host;
- querying a database for the name of the host, the database storing associations between different names and different contact addresses;
- retrieving a contact address associated with the name of the host;
- and
- initiating a notification from the access control system to the contact address, the notification informing the host that the user requests the contact.
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A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- authenticating an identity of a user to an access control system;
- receiving a contact request at the access control system, the contact request entered by the user and requesting contact with a name of a host;
- querying a database for the name of the host, the database storing associations between different names and different contact addresses;
- retrieving a contact address associated with the name of the host;
- and
- initiating a notification from the access control system to the contact address, the notification informing the host that the user requests the contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.