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Authorized smart access to a monitored property

  • US 10,347,063 B1
  • Filed: 02/28/2018
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising:

  • one or more sensors that are located at the property; and

    a monitor control unit that is configured to;

    receive, from one of the one or more sensors, a biometric identifier from a visitor to the property;

    determine an arrival time of the visitor based on receipt of the biometric identifier;

    compare the arrival time of the visitor to an expected arrival time of an expected visitor;

    based on comparison of the arrival time of the visitor to the expected arrival time, transmit, to an external server, the biometric identifier and data identifying the expected visitor;

    receive, from the external server, (i) data indicating that the biometric identifier corresponds to the expected visitor and (ii) data indicating that an electronic device of the expected visitor is located at the property; and

    based on (i) the data indicating that the biometric identifier corresponds to the expected visitor and (ii) the data indicating that the electronic device of the expected visitor is located at the property, grant the visitor access to the property.

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