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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Vendor Credentialing Service Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Benjamin Birnbaum, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Vendor Credentialing Service LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A credentialing method and apparatus for facility access. The apparatus can include a system that includes one or more BLE beacons located within proximity to a facility, where one or more of the beacons identifies a location or other information unique to its proximity to the facility. The apparatus can further include an eBadge used by a person seeking access to the facility. The eBadge can also in some embodiments be a BLE beacon. Interaction between the one or more BLE beacons, a credentialing provider's app operating on the person's mobile device, and the person's eBadge operate in the system to perform a method of controlled access to the facility. In some embodiments, administrators with access to the credentialing provider's app also can control, monitor, report, and observe details concerning such facility access.