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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Srinath Malur Srinivasa, Karnataka, IN;
Venkatesh Viswanathan, Karnataka, IN;
Srinath Malur Srinivasa, Karnataka, IN;
Venkatesh Viswanathan, Karnataka, IN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a security system. The method includes the steps of providing an identity card for use by a person entering a secured area of the security system, reading the identity card at an entry point to the secured area, randomly generating an alphanumeric key upon the occurrence of a predetermined event, writing the alphanumeric key into the identify card at the entry point, reading the card within the secured area as a request for access to a computer and granting access to the computer by the person, but only when an alphanumeric key is found on the card that matches the generated alphanumeric key.