US 11,948,417 B2
Touchless visitor management
Hemant Sahani, Palo Alto, CA (US); Saurav Choudhuri, Bangalore (IN); Anoop Adur, Bangalore (IN); and Aditya Ulman, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,721.
Application 17/712,721 is a continuation of application No. 17/306,263, filed on May 3, 2021, granted, now 11,308,747.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351564 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/27 (2020.01) [G06K 19/06009 (2013.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 2209/02 (2013.01); G07C 2209/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for touchless visitor management comprising:
at least one computing device; and
a visitor management application executable by the at least one computing device, the visitor management application causing the at least one computing device to at least:
obtain a request to register a visitor;
provide a registration link to a client device associated with the visitor, the registration link pointing to a visitor registration portal;
obtain visitor registration data associated with the visitor from the visitor registration portal;
obtain confirmation of the request to register the visitor; and
generate an expiring link that is unique to the visitor, the expiring link comprising a link to at least one facility access credential for the visitor, wherein the at least one facility access credential is transmitted to a client device of the visitor and wherein the expiring link comprises a one-time use link that expires after being accessed by the client device, wherein the expiring link further links to a network profile comprising credentials for accessing a network.