Patent ID: 6971029

Claim:
A method for providing security for an Internet co-location facility, the method comprising: providing a lobby in the facility connected by a tunnel to a customer area in the facility; providing a co-location area in the facility adjacent to the customer area, the co-location area including a plurality of cabinets located in cages; controlling access to the lobby, the customer area, the co-location area, and the cages using a plurality of biometrics readers, each biometrics reader coupled to an access control system; connecting a computer including a central software program to the access control system, the central software program configured to monitor the use of the plurality of biometrics readers; connecting a server including a database to the central software program, the database configured to receive information from the central software program regarding the use of the plurality of biometrics readers and to transmit this information to co-located members through a network; and providing a user-interface to allow the co-located members to schedule visits to the facility through the network to the database on the server.