Embed physical access into your digital services
Embedded Access enables digital platforms and services to control physical access as part of their own applications and workflows.
Instead of deploying a separate access control system with its own user interface, access capabilities can be embedded directly into digital products and operational processes.
This allows platforms to trigger physical access automatically through software logic, APIs and workflows. Physical environments such as buildings, facilities and infrastructure become part of the digital ecosystem.
Why Embedded Access?
Traditional access control systems are designed for security administrators managing doors and credentials.
- They are not designed to be deeply integrated into:
- digital platforms
- customer-facing applications
- automated workflows
- operational systems
This makes it difficult to connect physical environments to digital services.
Embedded Access solves this by providing programmable access capabilities through APIs.
Access triggered by digital workflows
User verified in mobile app → Door unlocks
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When a user is authenticated in an app, the platform grants access to the facility.
Truck arrives at logistics hub → Gate opens
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Logistics systems can automatically grant temporary access to delivery vehicles when they reach a location.
Technician assigned work order → Site access granted
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Maintenance platforms can grant technicians access to infrastructure sites for the duration of a job.
Customer starts store session → Store entrance unlocks
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Retail apps can grant customers entry to unmanned stores or service facilities.
Your platform controls the workflows. Telcred handles the access infrastructure.
How to get started
1. Get API credentials
Receive an account and create a Service Account and API Keys to the Telcred API.
2. Connect your platform
Integrate the API into your application and trigger access through simple API calls.
3. Connect the physical site
Telcred connects doors and gates through supported hardware. Controllers can be delivered pre-configured for fast installation.
Case study
A leading Swedish grocery retailer is using Telcred Embedded Access to enable automated retail concepts such as unmanned convenience stores and smart coolers placed in workplaces and other locations.
Customers authenticate in the retailer’s mobile app and use it to unlock store entrances or product coolers. The app communicates with the Telcred platform through APIs to trigger access events in real time.
Telcred manages identities, credentials and communication with the connected access hardware, allowing physical access to become part of the retailer’s digital customer experience.
This allows the retailer to deploy unmanned retail environments where customers can access stores and products directly through the app, without the need for on-site staff.
Customer name withheld for confidentiality