Smart lock systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
InventorJoseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
A door lock system can comprise a door lock movable between a locked state and an unlocked state. The door lock system can detect a first indication suggestive of a presence of a visitor. The door lock system can also detect a second indication suggestive of an identity of the visitor. As well, the door lock can validate that the first indication and the second indication are associated with a first identity.
Claims20
A method of operating a door lock system coupled to a building, the door lock system comprising a door lock movable between a locked state and an unlocked state, and an electronic doorbell having a housing, a microphone, a speaker, a camera, a motion detector, a transmitter, and a button, the method comprising:
- taking, via the camera, an image of a visitor in connection with moving the door lock to at least one of the locked state and the unlocked state;
- transmitting, via the door lock system, the image to a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the door lock system;
- determining, via the door lock system, whether the visitor is granted unlimited access or partial access during a predetermined time frame;
- in response to determining that the visitor is granted unlimited access, stationing the door lock in the unlocked state;
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- in response to determining that the visitor is granted partial access, determining whether the visitor is visiting at a present time is within the predetermined time frame, and stationing the door lock in the unlocked state in response to the present time being within the predetermined time frame.
A door lock system, comprising:
- a lock housing;
- a door lock coupled to the lock housing,
- wherein the door lock is arranged and configured to move from a locked state to an unlocked state in response to determining whether a visitor is granted unlimited access, and
- wherein the door lock is arranged and configured to move from a locked state to an unlocked state in response to determining whether a visitor is granted or partial access during a predetermined time frame, and the visitor is visiting at a present time that is within the predetermined time frame;
- a doorbell housing;
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- an electronic doorbell coupled to the doorbell housing and communicatively coupled to the door lock, wherein the electronic doorbell comprises a camera, a motion detector, a microphone, a speaker, a transmitter, and a button,
- wherein the camera is arranged and configured to take an image of a visitor when the door lock moves to at least one of the locked state and the unlocked state, and
- wherein the door lock system is arranged and configured to transmit the image to a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the door lock system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.