US 12,261,959 B2
Access manager
Joseph Ethan Rosenkrantz, Calabasas, CA (US); and Gifford Hesketh, Newbury Park, CA (US)
Assigned to FACEFIRST, INC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by FACEFIRST, INC., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/609,087.
Application 18/609,087 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,472, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,956,365.
Application 17/063,472 is a continuation of application No. 16/514,833, filed on Jul. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,797,880, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 16/514,833 is a continuation of application No. 16/006,696, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,361,863, issued on Jul. 23, 2019.
Application 16/006,696 is a continuation of application No. 15/701,292, filed on Sep. 11, 2017, granted, now 9,998,283, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 15/701,292 is a continuation of application No. 15/440,891, filed on Feb. 23, 2017, granted, now 9,762,394, issued on Sep. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/301,118, filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259206 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/25 (2020.01)
CPC H04L 9/3231 (2013.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); G07C 9/00174 (2013.01); G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G07C 9/257 (2020.01); G07C 2209/14 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous access manager for controlling access by person(s) to a guarded zone, the access manager comprising:
a controller that utilizes a processor for processing digital information;
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory for storing an ID library;
a transducer block coupled with the processor, the transducer block including transducers for accessing a plurality of different ID types;
an access control block coupled with the processor, the access control block for denying or permitting access to the guarded zone; and,
the access manager arbitrates a first person's access to the guarded zone based on 1) a biometric ID and 2) one of a first set of two or more available ID's selected from scannable, biometric and cooperative ID's;
wherein the biometric ID is used to identify the first person and a randomly selected one of the available ID's is used in controlling the first person's access to the guarded zone.