Patent ID: 8629755
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G16H,H04W

Abstract:
1. A management system for controlling visitor and vehicle access to an access-controlled environment via a plurality of access points, the access-controlled environment comprising first and second areas inside the environment, the system comprising: a network comprising one or more server devices and a memory device; a first vehicle access point for controlling vehicular access to the first and second areas inside the access-controlled environment, the vehicle access point comprising a vehicle barrier, a scanner, a vehicle scale and a camera; wherein the vehicle access point is configured to collect vehicle data, the vehicle data comprising: further wherein the vehicle access point stores collected vehicle data in the memory device and, based on vehicle data collected at the vehicle access point, the vehicle access point; refuses vehicular access to the environment; grants vehicular access to the first area; grants vehicular access to the second area; a first visitor access point comprising a greeting station connected to the network and adjacent an entryway in a visitor access area of the environment, the greeting station comprising: a video screen, a camera, a speaker and a microphone; a visitor detection system configured to detect when a visitor has entered the visitor access area; a visitor proximity system configured to detect when a visitor has approached the greeting station; wherein the greeting station is configured to collect visitor data via the following: one or more peripheral input devices; one or more peripheral biometric data capture devices; one or more visitor option selection devices; visitor data, if any, stored in the network memory device; and a plurality of answering stations, each answering station comprising: a video screen, a speaker and a microphone; wherein each answering station is configured to present an answering station operator with a plurality of options for dealing with a visitor calling from the greeting station based on collected visitor data, the plurality of options comprising at least one of the following: wherein the network is configured to prioritize available answering stations in the plurality of answering stations based on collected visitor data.