Visitor monitoring and security
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorBradly Jay Billman
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Abstract
A system and method for home security, and in particular to notifying residents of a home of a visitor's presence and providing an automatic assessment of the visitor's legitimacy, is disclosed. In one example, the system can be configured to automatically identify a logo worn by the visitor using optical recognition and generate a notification for the resident that identifies the company. In another example, the system can request presentation of an encrypted key that should be stored on the visitor's computing device. In another example, the system can query a database of scheduled services and determine if a person was requested or scheduled for a visit. In some embodiments, the system can assign a security token to the merchant which will be required at the time of the appointment.
Claims20
A method of improving security for occupants of a property using an automated verification process, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a cloud-based secure scheduling system and from a first mobile computing device associated with an occupant of a building, appointment data identifying an appointment scheduled for a visit to the building by a representative of a first service provider;
- receiving, at the secure scheduling system and from the first mobile computing device, a selection of a first verification photo from among a plurality of photos stored in a photo library on the first mobile computing device;
- automatically generating, at the secure scheduling system, a first verification token based on the selection of the first verification photo;
- transmitting, from the secure scheduling system, the first verification token to a first visitor device associated with the first service provider;
- receiving, at the secure scheduling system and from a second computing device installed at the building, a first verification request that includes first data captured at a first time by the second computing device while a first visitor was in sensor range of the second computing device;
- determining, at the secure scheduling system, that the first data includes the first verification token;
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- causing, via the secure scheduling system, a notification to be presented at the first mobile computing device, the notification including a message indicating the first visitor corresponds to the representative.
A method of identifying visitors to a building, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a secure verification system, a first user selected photo that is selected from a plurality of photos in a photo library on a mobile computing device associated with a first user;
- receiving, at the secure verification system, a first image of a visitor captured by a camera of a first computing device installed on a first property at a first time;
- recognizing, using image recognition software at the secure verification system, a first identification badge in the first image;
- detecting, at the secure verification system, a logo displayed on the first identification badge;
- identifying, at the secure verification system, a first service provider associated with the logo;
- detecting, at the secure verification system, that the first identification badge includes the first user selected photo;
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- causing, via the secure verification system, a notification to be presented at a second computing device associated with an occupant of the first building, the notification including a message identifying the first service provider.
A system for improving security for occupants of a property using an automated verification process, the system comprising a processor and machine-readable media including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, at a cloud-based secure scheduling system and from a first mobile computing device associated with an occupant of a building, appointment data identifying an appointment scheduled for a visit by a representative of a first service provider to the building;
- receive, at the secure scheduling system and from the first mobile computing device, a selection of a first verification photo from among a plurality of photos stored in a photo library on the first mobile computing device;
- automatically generate, at the secure scheduling system, a first verification token based on the selection of the first verification photo;
- transmit, from the secure scheduling system, the first verification token to a first visitor device associated with the first service provider;
- receive, at the secure scheduling system and from a second computing device installed at the building, a first verification request that includes first data captured at a first time by the second computing device while a first visitor was in sensor range of the second computing device;
- determine, at the secure scheduling system, that the first data includes the first verification token;
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- cause, via the secure scheduling system, a notification to be presented at the first mobile computing device, the notification including a message indicating the first visitor corresponds to the representative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.