Access control apparatus and method for controlling configuration of automation apparatus
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsZhongliang Hu, Mikko Kohvakka, Janne Kallio
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Abstract
An access control apparatus and method for controlling a configuration of an automation apparatus. The method includes: reading authentication information from an electronic tag; transmitting the authentication information to a networked service; receiving access rights from the networked service; and controlling the configuration of the automation apparatus according to the access rights.
Claims20
An access control apparatus for controlling a configuration of an automation apparatus, comprising:
- a user interface configured to interact with a local user:
- an internal communication interface configured to communicate with the automation apparatus;
- an external communication interface configured to communicate with a network;
- a reader configured to read an electronic tag:
- and
- a processor, coupled with the user interface, the internal communication interface, the external communication interface, and the reader, and configured to cause the control apparatus at least to perform;
- reading authentication information from the electronic tag;
- transmitting the authentication information to a networked service;
- receiving access rights from the networked service;
- and
- controlling the configuration of the automation apparatus according to the access rights,
- wherein the access rights are received from the networked service for a role of a remote user comprising contact information, and a communication session is initiated via the external communication interface for the remote access based on the contact information, and the remote access is terminated as a result of a user interaction via the user interface by the local user.
An access control method for controlling a configuration of an automation apparatus, comprising:
- reading authentication information from an electronic tag;
- transmitting the authentication information to a networked service;
- receiving access rights from the networked service;
- and
- controlling the configuration of the automation apparatus according to the access rights.
The access control apparatus of 1, wherein the access rights comprise a definition for a period during which the configuration of the automation apparatus according to the access rights is allowable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.