Access control via a mobile device

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to track a location of a mobile device in a facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility, wherein the mobile device is associated with a particular user having access rights associated with the facility, determine that the mobile device is located in a particular area of the facility, determine whether the user is allowed access to the particular area based on the access rights, and provide a notification responsive to a determination that the user is not allowed access to the particular area.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to:
 track a location of a plurality of mobile devices in a facility based on communications between each of the plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of beacons located in the facility, wherein the facility includes a secure area and where access of a particular user is granted to the secure area when a mobile device of the particular user first requests access to the secure area and it is verified that the particular user associated with the mobile device has access rights to the secure area;   determine that an identified one of the plurality of mobile devices is located in the secure area of the facility without the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices having first requested and been granted access to the secure area;   determine when the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices does not have access rights to the secure area; and   provide a notification indicating that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices has entered the secure area.   
     
     
         2 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the notification indicating that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices has entered the secure area is provided in response to determining that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices does not have access rights to the secure area. 
     
     
         3 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the notification indicating that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices has entered the secure area is provided even when the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices does have access rights to the secure area. 
     
     
         4 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a first notification indicating that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices has entered the secure area is provided in response to determining that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices does not have access rights to the secure area; and   a second notification indicating that the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices has entered the secure area is provided when the user associated with the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices does have access rights to the secure area.   
     
     
         5 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the notification is provided to security personnel. 
     
     
         6 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the notification is provided to the identified one of the plurality of mobile devices. 
     
     
         7 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the notification indicates that the particular user likely gained access to the secure area by tailgating another user. 
     
     
         8 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the mobile device of the particular user is configured to verify that the particular user associated with the mobile device has access rights to the secure area. 
     
     
         9 . The medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions include instructions to authenticate a user to the mobile device. 
     
     
         10 . The medium of  claim 9 , wherein the user is authenticated to the mobile device by receiving one or user inputs. 
     
     
         11 . The medium of  claim 9 , wherein the one or inputs include a biometric input. 
     
     
         12 . The medium of  claim 9 , wherein the one or inputs include a code. 
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to cause a mobile device to:
 track a location of the mobile device in a facility, wherein the facility includes a secure area and where access of the secure area is allowed when the mobile device requests access to the secure area and it is verified that an assigned user of the mobile device has access rights to the secure area;   verify that a current user of the mobile device is the assigned user;   determining if the assigned user has access rights to the secure area; and   in response to verifying that the current user of the mobile device is the assigned user and determining that the assigned user has access rights to the secure area, send an instruction authorizing access to the secure area, which permits access to the secure area.   
     
     
         14 . The medium of  claim 13 , wherein the location of the mobile device is tracked in the facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility. 
     
     
         15 . The medium of  claim 13 , wherein the location of the mobile device is tracked in in the facility based on Wifi and/or GPS. 
     
     
         16 . The medium of  claim 13 , wherein the sent instruction is configured to be received by an access control device of the secure area. 
     
     
         17 . The medium of  claim 16 , wherein the access control device includes a relay. 
     
     
         18 . A system for providing access control in a facility, comprising:
 a mobile device configured to:
 track a location of the mobile device in a facility, wherein the facility includes a secure area and where access of the secure area is allowed when the mobile device requests access to the secure area and it is verified that an assigned user of the mobile device has access rights to the secure area; 
 verify that a current user of the mobile device is the assigned user; 
 determining if the assigned user has access rights to the secure area; and 
 in response to verifying that the current user of the mobile device is the assigned user and determining that the assigned user has access rights to the secure area, send an instruction authorizing access to the secure area, which permits access to the secure area; 
   a computing device configured to:
 determine when the mobile device is located in the secure area of the facility without the first sending an instruction authorizing access to the secure area; and 
 provide a notification indicating that the mobile device has entered the secure area improperly. 
   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the location of the mobile device is tracked in the facility based on communications between the mobile device and a plurality of beacons located in the facility. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the computing device determines when the mobile device is located in the secure area of the facility using the plurality of beacons located in the facility.