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Smart home delivery services

  • US 10,217,306 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2016
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a system enabling remote authorization and monitoring of physical access to a building, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a wireless handheld device of a designated individual from a computer system in response to a consumer retail transaction, information regarding a request for scheduled physical access by the designated individual to a building of the consumer;

    notifying the designated individual of details of the scheduled physical access, via the handheld device;

    determining, by the handheld device, whether the designated individual is detected within a defined boundary of the building;

    if the designated individual is determined to be within the defined boundary;

    enabling storage of video images wirelessly received by the handheld device directly from a camera on the designated individual,transmitting, by the handheld device, notification of arrival by the designated individual at the building, to cause a notification at an electronic device of the consumer, andenabling entry of the designated individual into the building of the consumer after verification, by the handheld device, that the camera is functioning properly to record the whereabouts of the designated individual while moving about the building of the consumer; and

    if the designated individual is determined to not be within the defined boundary;

    disabling storage of video images wirelessly received from the camera on the designated individual, andtransmitting notification of departure by the designated individual from the building, to the electronic device of the consumer.

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