Secure-Area Access Control With Registered Device Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to secure areas by tailgating or piggybacking with authorized personnel, as they do not adequately verify the presence and authenticity of both the individual and their accompanying electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
A security system that utilizes personal computing devices to authenticate users and register their electronic devices, ensuring that user data, device data, and location data meet predetermined conditions before granting access to a secure area, including the use of GPS and wireless signal detection to verify presence and device ownership.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication systems are used that only verify user credentials, then the authentication process is simple and fast, but unauthorized persons can tailgate or piggyback with authorized personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of electronic devices in the proximity of the entrance before the authentication decision is made. The security system continuously monitors and identifies electronic devices in the area near the entrance, so when an authorized user presents credentials, the system already has information about what devices are present, enabling it to detect unregistered devices attempting to tailgate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses electronic devices as intermediaries to detect the presence of unauthorized persons. Instead of directly detecting human presence or intent to tailgate, the system detects electronic devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets) that unauthorized persons carry, which serve as proxies for detecting the tailgating attempt.
2Reliability
If the system requires verification of multiple conditions including device registration, then security is enhanced, but the authentication process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads and stores information about registered electronic devices in advance. When authentication is needed, the system does not need to query device registration status in real-time, but can immediately compare detected device identifiers against the pre-stored registered device list, significantly reducing authentication time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual verification processes with automated electronic detection and comparison. Instead of security personnel manually checking credentials and device registrations, the system automatically detects electronic devices, retrieves their identifiers, compares them against the registered device database, and makes authentication decisions electronically, reducing both time and human error.
3Measurement precision
If the system monitors and detects all electronic devices near the entrance, then unauthorized devices can be identified, but the system requires more sophisticated detection capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses universal electronic device identifiers such as MAC addresses, device IDs, or other standardized identification mechanisms that work across different types of electronic devices. This allows the system to detect and identify various devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables) using a common detection approach, reducing system complexity while maintaining detection accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
Electronic devices automatically provide their identification information through their own communication interfaces (WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC). The devices essentially self-identify by transmitting or making available their unique identifiers, eliminating the need for complex active scanning or identification systems. The detection system simply needs to intercept or read the devices' own broadcasted identification signals.
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AI summary
A computer program product and a method may include various operations. The operations include receiving, from one or more computing devices, user data identifying a user of the computing device, user device data identifying the computing device, a current location of the computing device, and identification of electronic devices transmitting a wireless signal detected by the computing device. Access into a secure area is enabled responsive to determining that, for each computing device, a set of conditions are satisfied. The conditions include: the user data authenticates the user with reference to user records in an authorized user data structure; the user device data identifies a device registered to the user; the received current location of the computing device is nearby to the secure area; and for each detected electronic device, the electronic device is registered to an authorized user that has been authenticated and is present nearby the entrance.