Patent ID: 8179227

Claim:
A security system comprising: a panel having first control information for performing security operations in a security system that allows access to a restricted space by a group of users; and a token assigned to a user of the group of users having second control information, said second control information including authorization data and logic decisions, programming logic of the control information that dynamically alters the access control decisions of the panel based upon a combination of the first and second control information, wherein said panel reads said second control information and, based on at least said authorization data of said second control information, determines if said token is authentic, and, if said token is authentic, said panel updates said first control information in accordance with at least said logic decisions of said dynamically altered access control decisions based upon said second control information, performs said security operations based on said updated first control information, and writes said updated first control information to said token, said logic decisions of the token assigned to the user and the updated first control information enabling at least some of the group of users to access a restricted space different from an originally permitted restricted space.