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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Theresa A. Heinz, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Jack W. Craig, Oviedo, FL (US);
Adam D. Piverotto, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Theresa A. Heinz, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Jack W. Craig, Oviedo, FL (US);
Adam D. Piverotto, Lake Mary, FL (US);
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An automated access control system and method in one embodiment includes a storage rack comprising a plurality of storage compartments, a user port, a memory including program instructions for placing a key within one of the plurality of storage compartments, associating the key with the one of the plurality of storage compartments, identifying a user, associating the user and the stored key, removing the stored key from the one of the plurality of storage compartments, and making the removed key accessible to the user at the user port, and a processor operably connected to the memory for executing the program instructions.