US 11,887,424 B2
Access control system using mobile device
Jayaprakash Meruva, Bangalore (IN); Chaithanya Holla, Bangalore (IN); and KamalaKannan Balraj, Madurai (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,762.
Application 17/740,762 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,948, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,348,396.
Application 16/918,948 is a continuation of application No. 16/439,024, filed on Jun. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,878,650, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270424 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G07C 9/28 (2020.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00793 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling access to a space through a controlled access point, wherein the controlled access point is controllable by a reader, the method comprising:
storing a user's access policy in a memory of a user's mobile device;
storing a user's digital identity in the memory of the user's mobile device, the user's digital identity including information that can be used to confirm that a current user of the user's mobile device is a particular user;
the user's mobile device identifying an access point identifier for the controlled access point;
the user's mobile device determining whether the current user of the user's mobile device matches the particular user identified by the user's digital identity;
when the user's mobile device confirms that the current user of the user's mobile device matches the particular user identified by the user's digital identity, the user's mobile device using the stored user's access policy and the access point identifier to determine whether the particular user is authorized for access to the space through the controlled access point and to make an access decision of YES or NO; and
when the access decision is YES, communicating the access decision to the reader.