Remote access control
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRyan Christopher Rapp, Ricardo Jose Lopez
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Abstract
A system that allows a user to access a secured area by confirming location of the user near the secured area and receipt of an access word by the system. A user in possession of a mobile device may be detected at the entrance to a secured location. The system can select a question asking for a passcode corresponding to certain access to the secured location. The question can be spoken to a user through a loudspeaker at the secured location. The user's spoken response can be processed by the system, for example using keyword spotting, to determine if the proper access word is included. If it is, the system can grant access to the secured area.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for allowing access to a property, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing system, first audio data corresponding to a first utterance detected by at least one microphone of a device;
- determining, by the computing system, that the first audio data represents a first passphrase;
- based at least in part on the first audio data representing the first passphrase, causing, by the computing system, a first lock for a first access point of the property to unlock;
- receiving, by the computing system, second audio data corresponding to a second utterance detected by the at least one microphone of the device;
- determining, by the computing system, that the second audio data represents a second passphrase, the second passphrase being different than the first passphrase;
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- based at least in part on the second audio data representing the second passphrase, taking, by the computing system, at least one action to grant access to a second access point of the property, wherein the second access point is different from the first access point and the at least one action does not cause the first lock to unlock.
A computing system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- at least one memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
- receive first audio data corresponding to a first utterance detected by at least one microphone of a device;
- determine that the first audio data represents a first passphrase;
- based at least in part on the first audio data representing the first passphrase, cause a first lock for a first access point of a property to unlock;
- receive second audio data corresponding to a second utterance detected by the at least one microphone of the device;
- determine that the second audio data represents a second passphrase, the second passphrase being different than the first passphrase;
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- based at least in part on the second audio data representing the second passphrase, take at least one action to grant access to a second access point of the property, wherein the second access point is different from the first access point and the at least one action does not cause the first lock to unlock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.