Electronic Tag
AssigneeAuthena AG
InventorsDejan Milenovic, Matteo Panzavolta, Milosz Tokarski
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Abstract
An electronic tag is disclosed comprising an electronic tamper detecting circuit, a wireless communication circuit, an environmental sensor including one or more of: a temperature or a humidity sensor, an energy storage module, and a control module, wherein the control module is configured to record, in a non-volatile memory of the control module, environmental measurement values received from the environmental sensor, tamper status indicators received from the electronic tamper detecting circuit, and transmit a status message comprising the environmental measurement values and the tamper status indicators to a wireless reader.
Claims23
A method of controlling access to a space using an access control device and a user's mobile communication device, the method comprising:
- operating, by the access control device, a Bluetooth communication circuit of the access control device in a peripheral role;
- transmitting, by the access control device, an advertising packet, the advertising packet comprising a designator associated with the space;
- operating, by the mobile communication device, a Bluetooth communication circuit of the mobile communication device in a central role;
- receiving, by the mobile communication device, the advertising packet;
- determining, by the mobile communication device, whether the access control device is relevant for the user, wherein determining whether the access control device is relevant for the user comprises using the designator, received in the advertising packet, and access right data stored in the mobile communication device;
- upon determining that the access control device is relevant for the user, establishing, by the mobile communication device, a connection between the Bluetooth communication circuit of the mobile communication device and the Bluetooth communication circuit of the access control device;
- and
- executing, by the mobile communication device and the access control device, an access control protocol via the connection, wherein executing the access control protocol
- transmitting, by the mobile communication device, access control data to the access control device, and
- checking, by the access control device, permission of the user to access the space by verifying the access control data from the mobile communication device.
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a Bluetooth communication circuit;
- and
- a processor connected to the Bluetooth communication circuit, the processor being configured to:
- operate the Bluetooth communication circuit in a central role,
- receive an advertising packet from an access control device controlling access to a space,
- extract, from the advertising packet, a designator associated with the space,
- determine whether the access control device is relevant for a user of the mobile communication device by using the designator and access right data stored in the mobile communication device,
- upon determining that the access control device is relevant for the user, direct the Bluetooth communication circuit to establish a connection with the access control device, and
- execute an access control protocol via the connection, wherein execute the access control protocol includes direct the Bluetooth communication circuit to transmit access control data to the access control device, enabling the access control device to check permission of the user to access the space.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer program code configured to direct a processor of a mobile communication device to perform:
- operating a Bluetooth communication circuit of the mobile communication device in a central role;
- receiving an advertising packet from an access control device controlling access to a space;
- extracting from the advertising packet a designator associated with the space;
- determining whether the access control device is relevant for a user of the mobile communication device by using the designator and access right data stored in the mobile communication device;
- upon determining that the access control device is relevant for the user, directing the Bluetooth communication circuit to establish a connection with the access control device;
- and
- executing an access control protocol via the connection, wherein executing the access control protocol includes the processor directing the Bluetooth communication circuit to transmit access control data to the access control device, enabling the access control device to check permission of the user to access the space.
An access control device for controlling access to a space comprising:
- a Bluetooth communication circuit;
- and
- a processor connected to the Bluetooth communication circuit, the processor being configured to perform:
- operating the Bluetooth communication circuit in a peripheral role,
- transmitting an advertising packet, the advertising packet comprising a designator associated with the space, the designator enabling a mobile communication device receiving the advertising packet to determine whether the access control device is relevant for a user of the mobile communication device,
- receiving, from the mobile communication device having determined that the access control device is relevant for the user, a connection request,
- directing the Bluetooth communication circuit to establish a connection with the mobile communication device, and
- executing, via the connection, an access control protocol with the mobile communication device, wherein executing the access control protocol includes receiving from the mobile communication device access control data and checking permission of the user to access the space by verifying the access control data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.