Patent ID: 11900748
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A system for analyzing and attesting physical access, comprising:
a memory storage including a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions; and
a computing device including a hardware-based processor that executes the instructions to carry out stages comprising:
generating a survey based on receiving input at a graphical user interface (“GUI”) from an admin user, the input including a selection of at least one location, at least one survey question, and at least one time period;
identifying a user group based at least in part on a user identity associated with a user device requesting access;
identifying the survey based on the survey being associated with the user group;
causing a first notification to be sent to the user device, the first notification comprising the survey;
identifying a second notification sent by the user device, the second notification comprising a first response to the survey;
in response to the second notification, sending a digital key to the user device;
determining, based on the first response to the survey, physical access permissions for the user identity at a location; and
sending the physical access permissions to a physical access control system, wherein the digital key is compared to the physical access permissions by the physical access control system to determine whether to grant physical access to the location.