Patent ID: 8504705

Claim:
A control system for providing visitors temporary access through a network to a controlled access web site, the control system comprising: an access control to obtain visitor information and determine if a visitor is a registered user or a temporary user, the access control mechanism providing full access to the registered user and providing temporary access information based on visitor information for the temporary user; a database having a plurality of entries, each entry is an access record assigned to one visitor which contains the temporary access information; and a server control engine to receive temporary access requests from the visitor to analyze the temporary access information stored in the database, and for granting temporary access permissions if the visitor has not exceeded an access limit; wherein the access control mechanism determines if the visitor is a previously registered temporary user, if the visitor is the previously registered temporary user the access control mechanism determining if the previously registered temporary user has exceeded an access limit; if the previously registered temporary user has not exceeded access limits, the access control mechanism increasing access limits for the visitor.