Competency based device access
AssigneeHalogen Software Inc.
InventorRichard Surendrakumar
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to enable competency based device access. The ability for a user to use a particular device may require demonstration of a skill or competency. Access control can be provided for a device to limit user access and to configure the device based upon the user competencies to utilize or perform functions on the device. The competency of the user can be defined in a competency checklist used to determine the skill or certifications of a user maintained by a resource management system.
Claims20
A method of device access control, the method comprising:
- receiving user credentials and a device identifier associated with a user of a device;
- determining user competencies associated with the credentials for the user;
- determining configuration parameters for the device using the determined user competencies;
- and
- sending a device configuration based upon the determined device configuration parameters to the device for configuring the device based upon associated user competencies.
A system for device access control comprising:
- a device comprising:
- a network interface coupled to a communication network;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing instructions from the memory for sending through the communication network a received user identifier from a user and a device identifier, the device providing functions having associated access control restrictions associated therewith;
- a server comprising:
- a network interface coupled to a communication network;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing instructions from the memory for receiving the user identifier and the device identifier from the device coupled to the network, the processor determining one or more parameters for configuring the device providing the user identifier, the parameters determined based upon competencies determined for the associated user stored in the server, the competencies defining a level of skill determined for the user by a competency checklist wherein access to the device by the user is disabled until competencies associated with the user are determined and the parameters are provided to the device.
A method of device access control, the method comprising:
- receiving user credentials and a device identifier associated with a user of a device;
- sending the user credentials and device identifier to a server coupled to a network;
- receiving a response from the server identifying a permission level associated with the user, the permission level determined by one or more competencies demonstrated by the user and stored in the server;
- and
- configuring the device based upon the received permission level to provide access to one or more functions mapped to the one or more demonstrated competencies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.