US 12,260,690 B2
System and method for location-based access control
Kurtis A. Charling, Fremont, NE (US); Derick Frauendorfer, Omaha, NE (US); and Brandon Peterson, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to Geokey, Inc., Fremont, NE (US)
Filed by Geokey, Inc., Fremont, NE (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,238.
Application 18/234,238 is a continuation of application No. 17/700,162, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,727,734.
Application 17/700,162 is a continuation of application No. 15/993,326, filed on May 30, 2018, granted, now 11,282,310, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 15/993,326 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/783,926, filed on Oct. 13, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/783,926 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/448,433, filed on Mar. 2, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/411,387, filed on Oct. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/302,775, filed on Mar. 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242550 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/23 (2020.01); G07C 9/25 (2020.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G07C 9/23 (2020.01); G07C 9/253 (2020.01); G07C 9/257 (2020.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00349 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a server including one or more processors, the one or more processors communicatively coupled to an access point device and a portable device, wherein the access point device includes a doorway, wherein the access point device comprises an access mechanism, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute program instructions stored in memory, the program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
determine whether a user of the portable device is authorized to access the doorway based on one or more credentials received from the portable device;
retrieve location data for the portable device via a sensor of the portable device configured to interact with one or more identification markers proximate to the access point device;
determine whether a location of the portable device is within one or more pre-defined geographical regions based on the location data retrieved via the sensor of the portable device, wherein the one or more pre-defined geographical regions are associated with a predetermined known location of the one or more identification markers, wherein the predetermined known location of the one or more identification markers is associated with a location of the doorway; and
upon determination the location of the portable device is within the one or more pre-defined geographical regions, transmit a control signal from the server to the access mechanism of the doorway to direct the access mechanism of the doorway to provide access to the user.