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US 11,122,241 B2Granted
Method and system of controlling access to access points
AssigneeMy Door View, LLC
InventorsDaren Hoeffner, Jeff Santeramo, Robert McDaniel
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling access to access points of an establishments are described. A call may be initiated from an access box to a smart device thereby activating the smart device to stream video via the Internet from an IP camera located at the access point. An end user of the smart device may communicate with and control access to the access point using the smart device.
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A communication network-based method of controlling access to access points at a multi-family structure, comprising:
- credentialing, by an application executed on a smart device, a specific end user from a plurality of end users based on authentication information specific to the end user and the multi-family structure;
- synchronizing the application on the smart device and a directory that is linked to the access points and includes identifying information based on a code entered into the smart device, the code incorporating credentialing information that connects a first access point and the smart device;
- initiating a call by a guest through a first access box at a first access point at the multi-family structure, wherein the first access box can open and close the access point, and wherein the first access box connects to a specific end user at a first position among the plurality of end users;
- receiving, from a guest and by the first access box, identifying information associated with the specific end user to identify the specific end user from the plurality of end users;
- responsive to the call initiation, activating the smart device associated with the specific end user that previously authenticated;
- streaming video from an IP camera at the first access point to the smart device via the Internet;
- and allowing the specific end user at the first position to verify or communicate with the guest using the smart device;
- wherein the call has the identifying information previously credentialed to the smart device, and wherein the application on the smart device activates upon the smart device receiving the identifying information, and wherein the application is activated by caller identification information specific to the first access box having a phone number that identifies the first access box to the smart device;
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- providing access to the guest by the specific end user and the first access box via the first access point.
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A communication network-based method of controlling access to access points at a multi-family structure, comprising:
- credentialing, by an application executed on a smart device, a specific end user from a plurality of end users based on authentication information specific to the end user and the multi-family structure;
- synchronizing the application on the smart device and a directory that is linked to the access points and includes identifying information based on a code entered into the smart device, the code incorporating credentialing information that connects a first access point and the smart device;
- initiating a call by a guest through a first access box at the first access point, wherein the first access box can connect to the specific end user among the plurality of end users using identifying information, wherein the guest enters the identifying information into the first access box to identify the specific end user from the plurality of end users;
- activating a smart device associated with the specific end user based on the guest entering the identifying information, wherein the smart device is incapable of establishing communication with the first access box prior to receiving the call;
- streaming video from an internet protocol (IP) camera at the first access point to the smart device via the Internet;
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- launching an application on the smart device in response to the call from the first access box and displaying the streamed video on the smart device, wherein the call can be answered by the specific end user after viewing the video and the specific end user allows access to the first access point.
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A communication network-based system for controlling access to access points to a multi-family structure, comprising:
- a first access box capable of (a) allowing a call to be placed by a guest to a specific end user from a plurality of end users using identifying information, (b) allowing a guest to enter the identifying information into the first access box, (c) identifying the specific end user from the plurality of end users by matching the identifying information with stored identifying information associated with the specific end user, and (d) controlling access to the multi-family structure, wherein the first access box is at a first access point at a first location;
- an internet protocol (IP) camera is in communication with the first access box;
- an Internet access port from the IP camera to a smart device, wherein the smart device is associated with a specific end user;
- the smart device configured to acquire video data from the IP camera and to allow communication between the smart device and the first access box, and wherein the smart device is configured to receive credentials, by an application executed on the smart device, for the specific end user from the plurality of end users based on authentication information specific to the end user and the multi-family structure;
- the smart device configured to synchronize the application on the smart device and a directory that is linked to the access points and includes identifying information based on a code entered into the smart device, the code incorporating credentialing information that connects the first access point and the smart device;
- a plurality of access boxes;
- the application on the smart device that enables the smart device to acquire video data from the IP camera upon receiving the call from the first access box;
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- the IP camera comprises a camera and encoder;
- and the smart device is configured to identify the first location upon receipt of the call from the first access box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.