Method and apparatus for detecting an emergency situation in a room
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1. A system of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel, the system comprising:
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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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Abstract
A method of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel is provided. The method comprising: monitoring an access control operably connect to a door of a room; determining that the access control has not been engaged; determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a selected time period; and activating an alarm.
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1. A system of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel, the system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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