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US 2016/0110530 A1Published application
Method and a system for authenticating a user in terms of a cloud based access control system
OwnerGary Michael Chalmers, Louis Francois van Loggerenberg +3inventors
InventorsGary Michael Chalmers, Louis Francois van Loggerenberg, Thomas Snyman, Dean Bernard Zwarts, Donovan Sargeant
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Abstract
Aspects extend to methods and systems for authenticating a user in terms of a cloud based access control system.
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A method of authenticating a user in terms of a cloud based access control system, said method comprising:
- populating a database with predetermined fingerprint data from a biometric sensor;
- associating said predetermined fingerprint data with a database comprising information related to one or more authorized users in terms of said access control system;
- storing said associated fingerprint data with information related to access permissions of one or more authorized users in a centralized data storage system;
- loading data associated with authorization permissions of said individual user to said access card;
- swiping said access card at said access control system;
- reading a fingerprint of said user at said access control system;
- comparing fingerprint data of said user obtained from the cloud to the fingerprint data retrieved from reading a fingerprint of said user at said access control system;
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- determining access for said user based on a successful comparison between said data obtained from the cloud and one or more access permissions of said user, as retrieved from said access card.
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A system for authenticating a user in terms of a cloud based access control system, said system comprising the following:
- a back-end system comprising a database of one or more access permissions of one or more users and a database of fingerprint data of one or more users;
- a database of fingerprint data associated with one or more access permissions of one or more authorized users;
- a cloud within which the fingerprint data of authorized users are stored;
- one or more access cards comprising one or more access control permissions of an individual user;
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- an access control system, operable to control access to a door, said access control system comprising a fingerprint reader operable to read a fingerprint of a user and to look-up said read fingerprint data in the cloud and to obtain information related to one or more access permission of said user so as to determine whether said user is to be granted or denied access to a location controlled by said access control system.
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