There are plenty of systems that use an app-running smartphone instead of a key to unlock doors, such as UniKey and Lockitron.
A new app not only wants to do that, but wants to give you a seamless
journey through buildings. myPORT provides building access, calls
elevators and sends intercom feeds to your phone.
myPORT is an extension of the Schindler Group's Personal Occupant
Requirement Terminal (PORT) technology. The PORT system provides people
with a pre-programmed access card that they swipe at a terminal to gain
access to a building, such as an office or apartment block. Whereas
other systems stop there, PORT then allows the user to select their
destination within in the building on the terminal screen, calculates
the quickest route and orders an elevator to transport the user there.
myPORT differs from the PORT system in that it uses the user's
smartphone instead of a swipecard. Schindler says it aims to provide a
high level of security, whilst at the same time improving the
convenience with which a user can move around a building.
Users with the myPORT app are detected as they enter a building with
the system installed. This triggers a code to be sent as a message to
the user's phone. Once the smartphone has been unlocked, the code is
shown to a sensor at the entrance barriers in the building's foyer, and
those barriers open to give the user access to the rest of the building.
Once a user has been verified by this process and allowed through,
myPORT is able to detect where the user is in the building via the
location of their smartphone. As they move around the building, doors
will be automatically unlocked for them and elevators will be called.
Visitors to a building can also be afforded access via the myPORT
system, even if they do not use the app. An invitation including a
unique link can be sent via SMS. On arriving at the building, the
visitor opens the link to be shown a special video. When the video is
shown to the sensor at the access gates, the visitor is allowed through.
An elevator will be ordered for the visitor if needed, with screens at
the gate displaying which elevator should be used, and directions can
also be given.
Should a myPORT user receive a visitor at their intercom, the
intercom audiovisual feed can be sent directly to the user's smartphone,
even if the user is not in the building. The user can then choose
whether or not to give the person access from their phone.
The video below provides an introduction to myPORT.
Source: Schindler Group
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