SMART DOORMAN

• US 20160247340A1
• Filed: 02/23/2015
• Published: 08/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gordon-Carroll, Clint Huson, Lyman, Jefferson Huhta, Mahar, Matthew, Eyring, Matthew J., Warren, Jeremy B., Nye, James Ellis
• Granted Patent: US 9,786,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 security and/or automation systems, comprising:

detecting a presence of one or more guests at an entrance to a residence;

comparing the presence of a guest to one or more profile parameters;

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

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking the presence of the one or more guests;

recording visitation parameters of the one or more guests based in part on the tracking; and

analyzing the visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating an inactive profile based at least in part on the analyzing.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

storing one or more visitation parameters with the inactive profile.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the predicting is based at least in part on the inactive profile.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

generating a guest profile based at least in part on the inactive profile.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a suggested guest profile to an administrator of an automation system based at least in part on the predicting.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested 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 access areas.

10. The method of claim 7, 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 to approve the suggested guest profile; and

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

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the detecting to a presence of at least one user of an automation system.

13. 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;

detect a presence of one or more guests at an entrance to a residence;

compare the presence of a guest to one or more profile parameters;

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

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

track the presence of the one or more guests;

record visitation parameters of the one or more guests based in part on the tracking; and

analyze the visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, the instructions further executable to:

generate an inactive profile based at least in part on the analyzing.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, the instructions further executable to:

store one or more visitation parameters with the inactive profile.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, the instructions further executable to:

generate a guest profile based at least in part on the inactive profile.

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

detect a presence of one or more guests at an entrance to a residence;

compare the presence of a guest to one or more profile parameters;

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

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

track the presence of the one or more guests;

record visitation parameters of the one or more guests based in part on the tracking; and

analyze the visitation parameters based at least in part on the recording.

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

generate an inactive profile based at least in part on the analyzing.