CPC G07F 17/12 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00912 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00523 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A wireless access control network for enabling contact-less access control of wireless-networked electronic convenience vehicles (ECVs) available for rental, access and use in an environment, by scanning multi-level machine-readable codes displayed in said environment using web-enabled mobile phones wirelessly connected to said wireless access control network, said wireless access control network comprising:
a wireless communication network supporting wireless data communication among said wireless-networked electric convenience vehicles (ECVs) operably connected to said wireless communication network;
wherein each said wireless-networked electric convenience vehicle (ECV) includes (i) a body portion adapted for supporting the body of passenger, (ii) a device-level machine-readable code displayed on said body portion and uniquely identifying said wireless-networked ECV and configured to support rental, access, control and use of said wireless-networked ECV in the environment, (iii) a transport system with wheels and a drive mechanism, for supporting and transporting said body portion, and (iv) a wireless electronic control module being integrated with said transport system, and in wireless communication with said wireless access control network, for controlling said wheels and/or said drive mechanism;
a web server operably connected to an application server, a database, and said wireless communication network, for serving web pages to web-enabled mobile phones when carrying out of a facility-level access control method;
a web-enabled mobile phone, operably connected to said wireless communication network, and having a mobile phone web-browser application and cache, and configured to practice said facility-level access control method involving (i) scanning a facility-level machine-readable code displayed in said environment, and (ii) automatically directing the mobile phone web-browser application to a webpage specified by the facility-level machine-readable code, and whereupon, said application server stores a facility entry rental transaction identifier within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone, identifying said web-enabled mobile phone as being involved to an ECV rental transaction;
said web server serving one or more webpages for display on said web-enabled mobile phone so as to enable selection and rental of a wireless-networked ECV available for rental and access at a site selected within said environment;
said web-enabled mobile phone displaying said one or more webpages to enable selection and rental of the wireless-networked ECV for access at said selected site and use within said environment;
said facility entry rental transaction identifier, stored within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone, being automatically linked with data attributes stored in said database, specifying the rented wireless-networked ECV selected for access and control at the selected site for use within said environment; and
said web-enabled mobile phone configured for practicing a device-level access control method involving (i) scanning a device-level machine-readable code on said rented wireless-networked ECV using said web-enabled mobile phone, and (ii) using said facility entry rental transaction identifier stored within the cache on said web-enabled mobile phone to enable access to said rented wireless-networked ECV at said selected site, for use within said environment.
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