Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Controlling an Overlock as Pertains to a Self-Storage Facility
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1. A method comprising:
- at a self-storage facility having a plurality of self-storage units that are each accessible via a corresponding movable barrier, wherein access to at least one of the self-storage units by a corresponding end user is controllable by use of corresponding end user-controlled locks and wherein access to the at least one self-storage unit by self-storage facility authorized personnel is further controllable by use of a corresponding authorized personnel-controlled overlock;
detecting a secondary influence;
in response to detecting the secondary influence, automatically controlling the overlock for the at least one self-storage unit.
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Abstract
Upon detecting a secondary influence of interest one automatically controls one or more overlooks for one or more of the self-storage units as comprise a part of a self-storage facility. The secondary influence can comprise, for example, a weather condition (such as a sleeting weather condition) that is capable of causing the overlock to persist a given lock state (such as a presently-locked state). The automatic action can comprise, for example, automatically removing the overlock condition for some or all of the presently overlooked self-storage units regardless of the present contractual propriety of maintaining an overlooked state.
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1. A method comprising:
at a self-storage facility having a plurality of self-storage units that are each accessible via a corresponding movable barrier, wherein access to at least one of the self-storage units by a corresponding end user is controllable by use of corresponding end user-controlled locks and wherein access to the at least one self-storage unit by self-storage facility authorized personnel is further controllable by use of a corresponding authorized personnel-controlled overlock; detecting a secondary influence; in response to detecting the secondary influence, automatically controlling the overlock for the at least one self-storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
at a self-storage facility having a plurality of self-storage units that are each accessible via a corresponding movable barrier, wherein access to at least one of the self-storage units by corresponding end user is controllable by use of corresponding end user-controlled locks and wherein access to the at least one self-storage unit by self-storage facility authorized personnel is further controllable by use of a corresponding authorized personnel-controlled overlock; an overlock interface configured to operably coupled to the overlock; a controller operably coupled to the overlock interface, where in the controller is configured to; detect a secondary influence; in response to detecting the secondary influence, automatically control the overlock. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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