Automated secure allocation of scanning devices

Abstract

A control device includes a processor to: receive encoded data from an optical and/or RF scan of a security token of a user; use a user data set to authenticate the encoded data; in response to successful authentication, use the user data set to identify a scanning device that supports a subset of functionality that the user is authorized to use from among a larger set of functionality that includes access to application routines, access to data and/or access to communication features; and transmit and indication of the subset of functionality to the identified scanning device to cause the identified scanning device to transition to an allocated state in which the identified scanning device is allocated to the user, and restrict the user to using the subset of functionality on the identified scanning device.

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