System for controlling user access to a service
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsRobert Hasson, Najib El Mokhtari, Kerry Hurley, Charles Kitson, Chris Walker
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Abstract
The invention concerns a system for controlling user access to a service having a read device (210) arranged to contactlessly read a payment card (211) of a user; and a control block (214) coupled to an entry gate (202), the control block arranged to determine whether online payment authorization should be requested for the payment card, wherein if it is determined that online payment authorization should be requested, the control block is arranged to allow the user access to the service prior to completing an online payment authorization for the payment card.
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A system for controlling user access to a service comprising:
- a read device configured to read a payment card of a user;
- a first control block coupled to the read device and an entry gate, the first control block being configured to determine whether online payment authorization should be requested for said payment card, wherein if it is determined that online payment authorization should be requested, the first control block is further configured to make an online payment authorization request and to control the entry gate to allow said user access to the service prior to completing said online payment authorization for said payment card;
- a first memory coupled to said first control block and comprising a memory portion storing a white list indicating payment cards for which the first control block provides user access to the service without online payment authorization, wherein said first control block is configured to add said payment card to said white list if the online payment authorization is granted for that payment card;
- a further read device configured to read said payment card;
- a second control block coupled to the further read device and configured to control a second gate;
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- a second memory coupled to the second control block and comprising a memory portion storing the white list, wherein the white list is updated with modifications via a network and wherein the second control block, after the further read device reads the payment card, controls the second gate to open after determining whether the payment card is on the white list stored in memory.
A method of controlling user access to a service comprising:
- reading by a read device electronic information from a payment card of a user;
- determining by a first control block based on said electronic information whether or not online payment authorization should be requested for said payment card;
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- if it is determined that online payment authorization should be requested for said payment card, making an online payment authorization request and controlling an entry gate by said first control block to allow the user access to the service prior to completing said online payment authorization for said payment card;
- adding said payment card to a white list if the online payment authorization is granted for that payment card, the white list indicating payment cards for which user access to the service is permitted without online payment authorization, wherein said white list is stored in a memory portion of a first memory coupled to said first control block;
- updating said white list with modifications via a network;
- storing said modifications in a memory portion of a second memory coupled to a second control block configured to control a second gate comprising a further read device for reading said payment card;
- reading, by the second control block via the further read device, the payment card;
- determining, by the second control block, whether the payment card is on the white list stored in the second memory;
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- opening, by the second control block based on the determination, the second gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.