US 12,272,198 B2
Smart lock remote admitting system and method
Paul Bodell, Lancaster, PA (US); Rui Manuel Andrade Barreira, Oporto (PT); and Peter Dikeman, Cotuit, MA (US)
Assigned to VIZpin, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed by VIZpin, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,726.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,294, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215233 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00904 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for facilitating communication between a first person with a first person device app exercising some level of control over property and a second person desiring access to the property; the method comprising:
receiving at a computer system, from a second person device app, a smart lock identifier and a second person device app identifier;
based on the smart lock identifier, obtaining information about the first person;
receiving at the computer system, from the second person device app, a request to access the property; and
based on the request, notifying the first person regarding the request and providing the first person with the second person device app identifier so the first person can establish a communication channel between the first person device app and the second person device app.