Automatic emergency door unlock system
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorsThomas Rogers, David James Hutz, Noah Robert Weingart
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Abstract
In some implementations, systems and techniques are described to automatically unlock a front door of a property in response to detecting an alarm signal indicating an emergency at or near a property. Data indicating occurrence of an emergency condition at a property is initially obtained. A lock configuration for an electronic lock of the property is determined. An unlock instruction is generated for the electronic lock based on the determined lock configuration for the electronic lock. The unlock instruction is transmitted to the electronic lock such that, when the unlock instruction is received by the electronic lock, the electronic lock is unlocked according to the unlock instruction.
Claims20
A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
- obtaining data indicating (i) an emergency detected at a property and (ii) context data associated with the emergency;
- selecting, from among a set of unlock instructions for unlocking an electronic lock, a particular unlock instruction based at least on the context data, wherein each unlock instruction included in the set of unlock instructions specifies a different time period for keeping the electronic lock unlocked;
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- enabling transmission of the particular unlock instruction to the electronic lock such that the electronic lock is kept unlocked for a corresponding time period specified by the particular unlock instruction.
A system comprising:
- one or more computing devices;
- and
- one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining data indicating (i) an emergency detected at a property and (ii) context data associated with the emergency;
- selecting, from among a set of unlock instructions for unlocking an electronic lock, a particular unlock instruction based at least on the context data, wherein each unlock instruction included in the set of unlock instructions specifies a different time period for keeping the electronic lock unlocked;
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- enabling transmission of the particular unlock instruction to the electronic lock such that the electronic lock is kept unlocked for a corresponding time period specified by the particular unlock instruction.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining data indicating (i) an emergency detected at a property and (ii) context data associated with the emergency;
- selecting, from among a set of unlock instructions for unlocking an electronic lock, a particular unlock instruction based at least on the context data, wherein each unlock instruction included in the set of unlock instructions specifies a different time period for keeping the electronic lock unlocked;
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- enabling transmission of the particular unlock instruction to the electronic lock such that the electronic lock is kept unlocked for a corresponding time period specified by the particular unlock instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.