Patent ID: 8370911

Claim:
An integration system for use with a plurality of autonomous access control systems, wherein said access control systems comprise separately maintained databases of permitted access indicia, and wherein said integration system accepts an access request from one point and communicates said access request to said access control systems, which have a different function from said integration system, said integration system comprising a reader capable of receiving an access indicium from a user requesting access to a controlled area or system, a data network in signal communication with said reader and capable of directing said access indicium to a particular access control system, and a plurality of receivers in signal communication with said data network, each of said receivers in signal communication with an access control system, and capable of receiving said access indicium, providing said access indicium to its respective access control system via a pseudo-reader, receiving from said access control system a signal indicating whether said access indicium is valid, and, if said access indicium is valid, transmitting a signal to an access control device to allow access to a controlled area or system.