US 11,854,335 B2
Wireless access control network for enabling contact-less access control of devices available for rental, access control and use in an environment by scanning multi-level machine-readable and displayed codes displayed in the environment using web-enabled mobile phones
Mark Christopher Schmidt, Windermere, FL (US); Wesley Edward Swogger, Fairfax Station, VA (US); Edward Joel Rodriguez, Kissimmee, FL (US); Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Kissimmee, FL (US); Michael Buchoff Buchoff, Winter Springs, FL (US); Sowmya Balda, Orlando, FL (US); Kyle Clarennce West, Saint Cloud, FL (US); Brian William Rood, Orlando, FL (US); and Tomas Rodriguez, Winter Park, FL (US)
Assigned to SCOOTERBUG, INC., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by ScooterBug, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,922.
Application 17/242,922 is a continuation of application No. 16/990,381, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,631,295.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051510 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/12 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2023.01)
CPC G07F 17/12 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00912 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00523 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A wireless access control network for enabling contact-less access control of devices available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in said environment using web-enabled mobile phones wirelessly connected to said wireless access control network, said wireless access control network comprising:
a wireless communication network supporting wireless data communication among devices operably connected to said wireless communication network;
a web server operably connected to an application server, a database, and said wireless communication network, for serving web pages to web-enabled mobile phones when carrying out a facility-level access control method;
a web-enabled mobile phone, operably connected to said wireless communication network, and having a mobile phone web-browser application and cache, and configured to practice said facility-level access control method involving (i) scanning a facility-level machine-readable code displayed in said environment, and (ii) automatically directing the mobile phone web-browser application to a webpage specified by the facility-level machine-readable code, and whereupon, said application server stores a facility entry rental transaction identifier within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone, identifying said web-enabled mobile phone as being involved to a device rental transaction;
said web server serving one or more webpages for display on said web-enabled mobile phone so as to enable selection and rental of a device available for rental and access at a site selected within said environment;
said web-enabled mobile phone displaying said one or more webpages to enable selection and rental of the device for access at said selected site and use within said environment;
said facility entry rental transaction identifier, stored within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone, being automatically linked with data attributes stored in said database, specifying the rented device selected for access and control at the selected site for use within said environment; and
said web-enabled mobile phone configured for practicing a device-level access control method involving (1) scanning a device-level machine-readable code on said rented device using said web-enabled mobile phone, and (ii) using said facility entry rental transaction identifier stored within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone to enable access to said rented device at said selected site, for use within said environment.