Intelligent door lock system with manual operation and push notification

• US 10,443,266 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: August Home, Inc. (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Johnson, Jason, Dow, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): McCormack, Thomas S
• Application Number:
  US16/002,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20180340350A1
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0016 with linearly reciprocating motion
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/002 Geared transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0022 Planetary gears
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0048 Circuits, feeding, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0058 by batteries
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0068 Door closed
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0069 bolt position
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0071 Connecting lockparts by electronic communication means only, e.g. bus systems, time multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0072 Operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0091 Retrofittable electric locks, e.g. an electric module can be attached to an existing manual lock
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0095 Mechanical aspects of locks controlled by telephone signals, e.g. by mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0097 including means for monitoring voltage, e.g. for indicating low battery state
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 39/00 Locks giving indication of authorised or unauthorised unlocking with key identification means E05B35/001; alarm locks E05B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 39/04 with counting or registering devices time recording locks G07C1/32
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 41/00 Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked indicator lights E05B17/10
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 45/06 Electric alarm locks E05B45/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0001 with electric actuators; Constructional features thereof for vehicles E05B81/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0012 with rotary electromotors actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 53/008 by planetary gears
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/0004 Additional locks added to existing lock arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/06 : for swing doors or windows, i.e. opening inwards and outwards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 : using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00642 : by battery
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 : by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/64 : using a proximity sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/65 : using means for sensing the user's hand
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 : operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 : operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 : Details of construction or manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 : Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 : Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 : Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/188 : Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 : using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/02 : using infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic waves

Abstract

An intelligent door lock system is provided with a push notification. A sensor is configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock. An engine with a memory is coupled to the positioning sensing device. The engine and an energy source are coupled to the circuit. A push notification is provided to a dwelling user when a lock of the intelligent door lock system is manually opened.

Claims

1. An intelligent door lock system, comprising:

a door status device at a building, the door status device being coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device at the building to, in response to detecting each operation of a lock of the lock device, store in at least one log an event indicating the operation of the lock; and

at least one processor configured to carry out acts of;

processing the at least one log to determine whether the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated; and

in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated, triggering distribution of a push notification to at least one recipient including an alarm system, the push notification indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated and including a request to deactivate an alarm at the building.

2. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened via operation of a keypad.

3. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened using a key.

4. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened using a mechanism that cannot directly notify the at least one recipient.

5. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein the door status device is configured to store in the at least one log an event indicating the operation of the lock at least in part by storing one or more bits of bit information indicating the operation of the lock.

6. The intelligent door lock system of claim 5, wherein processing the at least one log to determine whether the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises processing the at least one log to determine whether the one or more bits of bit information indicating the operation of the lock correspond to an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated.

7. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless bridge, wherein the wireless bridge comprises the at least one processor.

8. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification comprises triggering distribution of the push notification to a mobile device.

9. The intelligent door lock system of claim 1, wherein the at least one recipient comprises an occupant of the building and/or a third party provider of goods or services to the building.

10. A method of operating an intelligent door lock system comprising a door status device at a building, the door status device being coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device at the building, comprising:

using at least one processor to perform acts of;

processing at least one log to determine whether the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated, the at least one log storing an event indicating operation of the lock for each operation of the lock of the lock device; and

in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated, triggering distribution of a push notification to at least one recipient including an alarm system, the push notification indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated and including a request to deactivate an alarm at the building.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened via operation of a keypad.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened using a key.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises triggering distribution of the push notification in response to determining that the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been opened using a mechanism that cannot directly notify the at least one recipient.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one log stores an event indicating the operation of the lock at least in part by storing one or more bits of bit information indicating the operation of the lock.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein processing the at least one log to determine whether the at least one log includes an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated comprises processing the at least one log to determine whether the one or more bits of bit information indicating the operation of the lock correspond to an event indicating the lock of the lock device has been manually operated.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor resides in a wireless bridge.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein triggering distribution of the push notification comprises triggering distribution of the push notification to a mobile device.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one recipient comprises an occupant of the building and/or a third party provider of goods or services to the building.