Remote notification of phone for home security

• US 9,262,879 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2013
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Original Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC (Allegion PLC)
• Inventors: Ahearn, John Robert, Focke, Gabriel Daniel, Henney, Michael Scott, Baumgarte, Joseph Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin
• Application Number:
  US13/968,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/0615 triggered by movement of the handle
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2045/0695 Actuation of a lock triggering an alarm system, e.g. an alarm system of a building
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0054 using microprocessor, printed circuits, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0067 Monitoring
• 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: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/06 by tampering with fastening
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A lock system is provided with a lock and a wireless device. The lock may be capable of sending and receiving Bluetooth messages to and from the wireless device, and the wireless device may be capable of sending and receiving Bluetooth messages to and from the lock.

Claims

1. A lock system, comprising:

a programmable lock having Bluetooth capabilities; and

a first smart phone having Bluetooth capabilities configured to communicate with the Bluetooth capabilities of the lock, wherein the first smart phone includes a microphone and is configured to create audio memos; and

wherein the lock is configured to send and receive Bluetooth messages to and from the first smart phone;

wherein the first smart phone is configured to send and receive Bluetooth messages to and from the lock, the first smart phone being configured to send the audio memos to the lock via a Bluetooth message and the lock is configured to receive the audio memos and to store the audio memos in a memory of the lock; and

a second smart phone configured with credentials associated with the lock, the lock being configured to replay the audio memos to the second smart phone.

2. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth capabilities of the lock comprise Bluetooth low energy (BLE) capabilities.

3. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth capabilities of the first smart phone comprise Bluetooth low energy (BLE) capabilities.

4. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the lock is configured to send a Bluetooth message to the first smart phone corresponding to the opening or closing of a door.

5. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the lock is configured to send a Bluetooth message to the first smart phone corresponding to movement of a door handle.

6. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the lock is configured to send a Bluetooth message to the first smart phone corresponding to a door kick in event.

7. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the lock is in programmable communication with a remote control panel.

8. The lock system of claim 1, further comprising a doorbell connected to the lock and configured to send a wireless message to the first smart phone.

9. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the lock is configured to trigger a wireless device via a Bluetooth message.

10. The lock system of claim 9, wherein the wireless device comprises a wireless door chime triggerable by the lock.

11. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the first smart phone includes speech to text capabilities.

12. The lock system of claim 1, further comprising two or more wireless devices that are each configured to communicate with the Bluetooth capabilities of the lock.