Smart Home Delivery Services
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1. A method of operating a system enabling remote authorization and monitoring of physical access to a building, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer system in response to a consumer retail transaction, a request to schedule physical access by a designated individual to a building of the consumer;
notifying the designated individual of details of the scheduled physical access;
determining whether the designated individual is detected within a defined boundary of the building;
if the designated individual is determined to be within the defined boundary;
enabling storage of video images wirelessly received from a camera on the designated individual, andtransmitting notification of arrival by the designated individual at the building, to an electronic device of the consumer;
enabling entry of the designated individual into the building of the consumer; and
if the designated individual is determined to not be within the defined boundary;
disabling storage of video images wirelessly received from the camera on the designated individual, andtransmitting notification of departure by the designated individual from the building, to the electronic device of the consumer.
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Abstract
The present application relates to a method and system that enable consumers to have deliveries made and services performed safely and securely when they are not at the location at which the delivery is made or service is performed.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of operating a system enabling remote authorization and monitoring of physical access to a building, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system in response to a consumer retail transaction, a request to schedule physical access by a designated individual to a building of the consumer; notifying the designated individual of details of the scheduled physical access; determining whether the designated individual is detected within a defined boundary of the building; if the designated individual is determined to be within the defined boundary; enabling storage of video images wirelessly received from a camera on the designated individual, and transmitting notification of arrival by the designated individual at the building, to an electronic device of the consumer; enabling entry of the designated individual into the building of the consumer; and if the designated individual is determined to not be within the defined boundary; disabling storage of video images wirelessly received from the camera on the designated individual, and transmitting notification of departure by the designated individual from the building, to the electronic device of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of code sections, each code section comprising a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform steps of a method of operating a system enabling remote authorization and monitoring of physical access to a building, the steps comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system in response to a consumer retail transaction, a request to schedule physical access by a designated individual to a building of the consumer; notifying the designated individual of details of the scheduled physical access; determining whether the designated individual is detected within a defined boundary of the building; if the designated individual is determined to be within the defined boundary; enabling storage of video images wirelessly received from a camera on the designated individual, and transmitting notification of arrival by the designated individual at the building, to an electronic device of the consumer; enabling entry of the designated individual into the building of the consumer; and if the designated individual is determined to not be within the defined boundary; disabling storage of video images wirelessly received from the camera on the designated individual, and transmitting notification of departure by the designated individual from the building, to the electronic device of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system enabling remote authorization and monitoring of physical access to a building, the system comprising:
a computer system comprising one or more processors for communicatively coupling to a handheld electronic device, the one or more processors operable to, at least; receive, by the computer system in response to a consumer retail transaction, a request to schedule physical access by a designated individual to a building of the consumer; notify the designated individual of details of the scheduled physical access; determine whether the designated individual is detected within a defined boundary of the building; if the designated individual is determined to be within the defined boundary; enable storage of video images wirelessly received from a camera on the designated individual, and transmit notification of arrival by the designated individual at the building, to an electronic device of the consumer; enable entry of the designated individual into the building of the consumer; and if the designated individual is determined to not be within the defined boundary; disable storage of video images wirelessly received from the camera on the designated individual, and transmit notification of departure by the designated individual from the building, to the electronic device of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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