Patent ID: 8907763

Claim:
A mustering station comprising: a structure located apart from a building from which persons are to be mustered in case of emergency; and an unpowered token attached to the structure, said token comprising an identifier of the mustering station, wherein said identifier is detectable by a personal mobile electronic device of a user and is able to be transmitted by the personal mobile electronic device to a remote server; and wherein said identifier is part of a system that comprises: a door strike that unlocks a door to a building from which the persons are to be mustered; and an electronic bridge connected to the door strike and configured to receive control instructions and pass the control instructions to the door strike; and the remote server, which is configured to: receive a request from the user to operate the door strike; retrieve a permission level for the user to access said door strike; when the permission level indicates that permission is granted, generate a TCP/IP packet comprising an access granted control instruction and send the packet to the electronic bridge, upon which said electronic bridge passes the access granted control instruction to said door strike causing it to operate; upon operation of the door strike, add the user to a list of persons to be mustered; receive, from the personal mobile electronic device when located in the vicinity of the mustering station, the identifier and an identification of the personal mobile electronic device; check whether the identification is valid; and when the identification is valid, remove the user from the list.