Access system

Abstract

Managing visitor access to resources within a physical area includes a mobile user device of a visitor associated to the physical area with a secure component having stored thereon a credential for authorizing the mobile user device to communicate transactions with other components of the system that are remotely located from and coupled with the mobile user device. The components include data structures that define a plurality of entities and associate attributes with the entities corresponding to access to the resources. A first application manages access of the visitor to the resources based on the data structures and information communicated by the mobile user device to the components in transactions that are authorized using the at least one credential. The credential may be a block chain credential and the transactions may be block chain transactions. The mobile user device may be locally coupled to the secure component.

1 . A system for managing visitor access to one or more resources within a physical area, comprising:
 a mobile user device of a visitor associated to the physical area with a secure component having stored thereon at least one credential for authorizing the mobile user device to communicate transactions with other components of the system;   one or more components remotely located from the mobile user device and communicatively coupled with the mobile user device, the one or more components including one or more data structures that define a plurality of entities and associate one or more attributes with the one or more entities corresponding to access to the one or more resources; and   a first application to manage access of the visitor to the one or more resources based on the one or more data structures and information communicated by the mobile user device to the one or more components in one or more transactions that are authorized using the at least one credential.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the credential is a block chain credential and wherein the transactions are block chain transactions. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the mobile user device is locally coupled to the secure component. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the secure component is internal to the mobile user device. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entities include a physical area, the visitor and an entity on whose behalf the visitor is acting and wherein the information communicated by the mobile user device includes an identification of the visitor. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more entities include the visitor with attributes of the visitor corresponding to access to the one or more resources, a process associated with the physical area, and one or more rules defining conditions and actions corresponding to the process, wherein the information communicated by the mobile user device includes an identification of the visitor and wherein the first application manages access by the visitor to the one or more resources based at least in part on the one or more data structures defining the visitor, the process and the one or more rules. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the one or more components is located within or in close physical proximity to the physical area. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the first component controls access to the physical area. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the one or more components is not located in close physical proximity to the physical area. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 one or more servers that store transactions resulting from visitor access to the physical area as block chain transactions of a block chain.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more entities include a first entity on whose behalf the visitor is acting and a second entity that controls the physical area, and wherein the one or more data structures include one or more block chain transactions defining rules and actions constituting a smart contract between the first entity and the second entity. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the first application accesses the one or more block chain transactions to execute the smart contract while the visitor is within the physical area. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the secure component includes a trusted platform module. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the secure component has stored thereon at least one cryptographic key for secure communication between the mobile user device and other components of the system. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the mobile user device has an application thereon to access the one or more resources within the physical area, wherein the secure component has stored thereon at least one secure credential for validation of the application and wherein the first application validates the application using the at least one secure credential thereby enabling execution of the application on the mobile user device. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first application is located on at least one of the one or more components. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first application is located on the mobile user device. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first application managing access of the visitor to the one or more resources includes managing access of the visitor to the physical area. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more attributes associated with the one or more entities include attributes corresponding to safety of the visitor while within the physical area. 
     
     
         21 .- 103 . (canceled)