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Method and apparatus for detecting an emergency situation in a room

  • US 10,388,139 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2018
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel, the system comprising:

  • a processor; and

    a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

    monitoring a door lock operably connected to a door of a room, the door lock comprising a dead bolt lock that can be actuated manually from inside the room;

    detecting actuation of the dead bolt from an unlocked position to a locked position;

    determining that the dead bolt has not been moved from the locked position to the unlocked position for a first selected time period;

    determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a second selected time period; and

    activating an alarm.

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