Wireless Access Provisioning for Multi-Tenant Electronic Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large apartment complexes and other multi-tenant facilities face challenges in efficiently managing access and control for numerous tenants across different locations, requiring significant resources and on-site presence for manual provisioning and revocation of access rights.
Innovation Solution
A system that aggregates wireless control of electronic devices using a processor and memory to automatically provision and terminate access based on unique identifiers, enabling users to wirelessly control partitioned devices with granted permissions, reducing the need for manual intervention and on-site representatives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual provisioning and revocation of access rights is performed by representatives, then access control can be managed, but significant resources and on-site presence are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service provisioning and revocation of access rights through wireless communication between tenant devices and the access control system. When a tenant moves in or moves out, their access rights are automatically granted or revoked without requiring manual intervention from management representatives, thereby eliminating the need for significant human resources and on-site presence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual process of access control provisioning with an automated electronic system. Wireless communication protocols and software automation substitute for the physical presence and manual actions of management representatives, transforming the mechanical process into an automated electronic operation that requires minimal human intervention.
2Reliability
If manual provisioning is performed for numerous tenants at numerous locations, then appropriate access control can be granted, but significant time and resources are absorbed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring access control rules and tenant profiles in advance. When a tenant moves in or out, the system automatically executes the pre-programmed provisioning or revocation processes, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual determination and allocation of access rights at the moment of tenant transition.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated system performs the provisioning function autonomously without requiring management representatives to spend time determining and allocating access rights manually. The system self-manages the entire process from tenant identification to access rights assignment or revocation, dramatically reducing the time loss associated with manual processing of numerous tenants across multiple locations.
3Ease of operation
If representatives are deployed on-site for move-ins and move-outs, then appropriate provisioning occurs, but management resources are significantly consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service provisioning where tenant devices automatically communicate with the access control system to establish or terminate access rights. This eliminates the need for management representatives to be physically present during move-ins and move-outs, allowing the same number of representatives to manage a much larger volume of tenant transitions, thereby significantly improving management productivity and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automated software intermediary that mediates between tenant devices and the access control system. This intermediary automatically handles the provisioning and revocation processes, replacing the need for human representatives to manually manage each tenant transition, thus improving management efficiency while maintaining ease of operation for tenants.
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AI summary
Systems and methods include providing a user with wireless control of electronic devices associated with a multi-tenant structure to enable a user to engage in wireless control of the electronic devices associated with permissions granted to the user. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to receiving associated permissions granting wireless control of partitioned electronic devices to the user from a central aggregation control system. The partitioned electronic devices are associated with the multi-tenant structure that are under wireless control and have the associated permissions granting wireless control to the user. The electronic devices to provide the user with wireless control of the partitioned electronic devices are determined based on the associated permissions granted to the user. Wireless control of the partitioned electronic devices is automatically activated when the associated permissions for the user grant the user with the wireless control of the partitioned electronic devices.