Patent ID: 7181507

Claim:
An internet based access point management system accessible by at least one internet web browser configured to communicate one or more requests comprising modifying operation of one or more computer managed openings located at one or more facilities, each facility having at least one access point, an access point referring to a location containing a selectively controllable opening, the internet based access point management system comprising: at least one computer processor; a web server operative with the at least one computer processor and being configured to receive and respond to the one or more requests communicated from the at least one web browser; a database server operative with the at least one computer processor; an application server operative with the at least one computer processor and being configured to communicate with the web server and the database server for processing the one or more requests, the processing of the one or more requests comprising formulating one or more system commands in response to the one or more requests; and a communication link configured to connect the application server and the one or more computer managed openings for communication therebetween, the communication comprising the one or more system commands which modify operation of the one or more computer managed openings; wherein at least one of the one or more computer managed openings comprises a computer being selectively interconnected with at least one electronically controlled locking device, and wherein the access point is selectively lockable using at least one of the at least one electronically controlled locking device; wherein each electronically controlled locking device includes a lock and a controller having an associated database memory for storing a credential list for the access point and other data such that the controller automatically effects locking and releasing of the lock upon the presentation of a proper credential regardless of the state of the communication link, and wherein a system command operates to modify the data stored in the controller database memory.