Image based contactless instructions for an electronic monitoring system

A system for remote activation of an electronic monitoring system, comprising:

• a base station operative to control the electronic monitoring system;
• at least one monitoring device in communication with the base station, the at least one monitoring device including a camera to obtain images of a monitored area;
• and
• a controller operative to:
• receive a request to access an account on the electronic monitoring system from a first device in communication with the electronic monitoring system,
• receive a request for a desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system from the first device,
• generate an image code corresponding to the desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system,
• store the image code in memory,
• receive an identifier for a second device for communication with the electronic monitoring system from the first device,
• transmit the image code to the second device in communication with the electronic monitoring system,
• receive the image code from the camera, wherein the image code is displayed on the mobile device in a field of view for the camera and the image code is scanned by the camera,
• compare the image code scanned by and received from the camera to the image code stored in the memory, and
• activate the desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system when the image code scanned by and received from the camera matches the image code stored in memory.

A system for remote activation of an electronic monitoring system, comprising:

• a first device configured to access an account on the electronic monitoring system and to receive a request for a desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system;
• a controller for either a local hub or a backend server operative to:
• receive the request for the desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system from the first device,
• generate an image code corresponding to the desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system,
• store the image code in a memory on either the local hub or the backend server,
• receive an identity of a second device for communication with the electronic monitoring system from the first device,
• transmit the image code to the second device in communication with the electronic monitoring system;
• and
• a camera configured to scan the image code from the second device and to transmit the image code to the controller, wherein the controller is further operative to:
• compare the image code scanned from the second device to the image code stored in memory, and
• activate the desired interaction with the electronic monitoring system when the image code scanned from the second device matches the image code stored in the memory.