Electronic devices and corresponding methods for generating and transmitting electronic entry system control communiques

An electronic device, comprising:

• a communication device;
• a user interface;
• and
• one or more processors operable with the communication device and the user interface;
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to extract, from an electronic communication relating to a parcel delivery received by the communication device, at least a parcel delivery time and a parcel delivery location and cause the communication device to transmit an electronic entry system control communique allowing entry through an entry control system situated at the parcel delivery location at the parcel delivery time to the entry control system;
• wherein the electronic entry system control communique is valid only for a predefined duration spanning the parcel delivery time;
• and
• the one or more processors present a delivery missed alert on the user interface of the electronic device upon expiration of the predefined duration.

A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

• detecting, by one or more processors of the electronic device from signals received from a communication device of the electronic device, receipt by the communication device of an electronic communication relating to a parcel delivery;
• extracting, by the one or more processors, one or more delivery event relevant data fields from the electronic communication relating to the parcel delivery;
• determining, by the one or more processors from one or more sensors of the electronic device, whether a location of the electronic device corresponds to a delivery location extracted from the one or more delivery event relevant data fields;
• and
• when the location of the electronic device corresponds to the delivery location extracted from the one or more delivery event relevant data fields, establishing, by the one or more processors, a geofence about the location.