Patent ID: 7377426
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. An interactive visitor announcement/access control system for residents of limited access and gated communities, consisting of: a computer database accessible via the Internet; each resident having a personal computer (p.c.) and Internet access is provided with limited access to said database to enter into said database visitor scheduling information and a description of each visitor including the visit date and time, the name of each visitor, printed pass authorization and mode of delivery thereof for each visitor; a community staff-operated personal computer (p.c.) located at each visitor access point to a community and connected to said database by direct link or via the Internet; each said staff-operated p.c. monitoring upcoming visitor scheduling information and visitor descriptions entered into said database by each resident; a staff member using said staff-operated p.c. to check in each visitor at time of arrival by comparing the visitor's actual identification information to that previously entered into said database and, thereafter, authenticating or issuing a bar-coded printed pass to the visitor before admitting the visitor, the staff member also notifying the resident of the visitor's arrival.