Smart doorman

• US 10,460,540 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mahar, Matthew, Eyring, Matthew J., Gordon-Carroll, Clint Huson, Warren, Jeremy B., Nye, James Ellis, Lyman, Jefferson Huhta
• Primary Examiner(s): Syed, Nabil H
• Application Number:
  US15/728,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20180096548A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/38 with central registration

Abstract

An automation system may include a smart doorman. The system may observe one or more guests to a residence, predict a user profile associated with the guest, and invite an administrator of the automation system to create the suggested profile of the guest. The system may store one or more biometric identifiers with a visitation pattern to determine if the guest requires a profile. In one embodiment, a method for security and/or automation systems may be described. The method may include detecting the presence of one or more guests at an entrance to a residence and comparing the presence of a guest to one or more profile parameters. A guest profile associated with the guest may be predicted based at least in part on the comparing.

Claims

1. A method for a security and/or automation system, comprising:

receiving, from one or more sensors of the security and/or automation system, data associated with at least one guest;

tracking, using one or more processors, a presence of the at least one guest at an entrance to a residence over a pre-determined period of time based at least in part on the received data;

identifying, using the one or more processors, a pattern of visitation of the at least one guest based at least in part on the tracking;

predicting, using the one or more processors, a future visit of the at least one guest to the residence based at least in part on the pattern of visitation of the at least one guest;

generating, using the one or more processors, a suggested guest profile for the at least one guest based at least in part on predicting the future visit; and

providing to an administrator of the security and/or automation system, using the one or more processors, the suggested guest profile for the at least one guest.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the presence of the at least one guest at the entrance to the residence, wherein tracking the presence of the at least one guest is based at least in part on the detecting.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

recording one or more visitation parameters of the at least one guest based at least in part on the detecting; and

analyzing the one or more visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording, wherein identifying the pattern of visitation is based at least in part on the analyzing.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the presence of the at least one guest to one or more profile parameters; and

predicting the suggested guest profile associated with the at least one guest based at least in part on the comparing.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an inactive profile of the at least one guest based at least in part on one or more visitation parameters of the at least one guest.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing the one or more visitation parameters associated with the inactive profile.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the suggested guest profile is based at least in part on the inactive profile.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested guest profile comprises one or more access parameters.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more access parameters comprises one or more of a predetermined time period of access, a daily timeframe access, and one or more access areas.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting input from the administrator to approve, edit, or reject the suggested guest profile.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving user input from the administrator to approve the suggested guest profile; and

activating the suggested guest profile based at least in part on the receiving.

12. An apparatus for security and/or automation systems, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

receive, from one or more sensors of the security and/or automation system, data associated with at least one guest;

track a presence of the at least one guest at an entrance to a residence over a pre-determined period of time based at least in part on the received data;

identify a pattern of visitation of the at least one guest based at least in part on the tracking;

predict a future visit of the at least one guest to the residence based at least in part on the pattern of visitation of the at least one guest;

generating, using the one or more processors, a suggested guest profile for the at least one guest based at least in part on predicting the future visit; and

provide to an administrator of the security and/or automation system, the suggested guest profile for the at least one guest based at least in part on the predicting.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, the instructions further executable by the processor to:

detect the presence of the at least one guest at the entrance to the residence, wherein tracking the presence of at least one guest is based at least in part on the detecting.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the instructions further executable by the processor to:

record one or more visitation parameters of the at least one guest based at least in part on the detecting; and

analyze the one or more visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording, wherein identifying the pattern of visitation is based at least in part on the analyzing.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, the instructions further executable by the processor to:

compare the presence of the at least one guest to one or more profile parameters; and

predict the suggested guest profile associated with the at least one guest based at least in part on the comparing.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, the instructions further executable by the processor to:

generate an inactive profile of the at least one guest based at least in part on one or more visitation parameters of the at least one guest.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the instructions further executable to:

store the one or more visitation parameters associated with the inactive profile.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:

receive, from one or more sensors of a security and/or automation system, data associated with at least one guest;

track a presence of the at least one guest at an entrance to a residence over a pre-determined period of time based at least in part on the received data;

identify a pattern of visitation of the at least one guest based at least in part on the tracking;

predict a future visit of the at least one guest to the residence based at least in part on the pattern of visitation of the at least one guest;

generating, using the one or more processors, a suggested guest profile for the at least one guest based at least in part on predicting the future visit; and

provide to an administrator of the security and/or automation system, the suggested guest profile for the at least one guest based at least in part on the predicting.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, the instructions further executable to:

detect the presence of the at least one guest at the entrance to the residence, wherein tracking the presence of the at least one guest is based at least in part on the detecting.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, the instructions further executable to:

record one or more visitation parameters of the at least one guest based at least in part on the detecting; and

analyze the one or more visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording, wherein identifying the pattern of visitation is based at least in part on the analyzing.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, the instructions further executable to:

compare the presence of the at least one guest to one or more profile parameters; and

predict the suggested guest profile associated with the at least one guest based at least in part on the comparing.