Initially detecting a visitor at a smart-home
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1. A method of handling a visitor at a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising:
- detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices;
analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device;
based on the analyzing, automatically adjusting a functionality of a particular smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system, wherein the adjusting comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment;
after the adjusting, determining that the visitor has left the smart environment; and
after the determining, unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment.
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Abstract
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of handling a visitor at a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising:
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detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices; analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device; based on the analyzing, automatically adjusting a functionality of a particular smart device of the plurality of smart devices using the computing system, wherein the adjusting comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment; after the adjusting, determining that the visitor has left the smart environment; and after the determining, unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for handling a visitor at a smart environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smart devices at the smart environment; and a computing system operative to; receive visitor data from at least one sensor of an entryway interface smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the visitor data is associated with the presence of the visitor at the smart environment; process at least a portion of the received visitor data; based on the processed visitor data, adjust a functionality of a particular smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the functionality adjustment comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment; after the unlocked entryway has been locked, determine that the visitor has left the smart environment; and based on the determination, readjust a functionality of the particular smart device, wherein the functionality readjustment comprises unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions recorded thereon for:
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detecting visitor information associated with a visitor at a smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the smart environment; analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device; based on the analyzing, automatically adjusting a functionality of a particular smart device of the smart environment using the computing system, wherein the adjusting comprises locking an unlocked entryway to a portion of the smart environment; after the unlocked entryway has been locked, determining that the visitor has left the smart environment; and based on the determining, readjusting a functionality of the particular smart device, wherein readjusting comprises unlocking the entryway to the portion of the smart environment.
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