US 12,277,819 B2
Credentialing method and apparatus for facility access
Benjamin Birnbaum, Prairie Village, KS (US)
Assigned to Vendor Credentialing Service LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Vendor Credentialing Service LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,921.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398886 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G07C 9/22 (2020.01) [G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 46 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a smart phone and an eBadge for facility access, including the steps of:
the smart phone receiving a signal from a BLE beacon have a physical location, wherein the signal from the BLE beacon includes data embedded therein for identifying the physical location of the BLE beacon and that the smart phone uses to identify its location relative to the physical location identified by the data embedded in the signal from the BLE beacon;
determining whether entry to the facility is authorized;
if entry to the facility is authorized, transferring displayable content from the smart phone to the eBadge indicating access is authorized;
determining whether entry to the facility is no longer authorized by using at least a second smart phone to display information associated with eBadges within BLE range of the second smart phone;
if entry to the facility is no longer authorized, transferring displayable content from the smart phone to the eBadge indicating access is not authorized.