Carrier Corporation

Utc Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.

Utc Fire and Security Corporation

Honeywell International Inc.

Otis Elevator Company

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General Electric Company

Ge Security, Inc.

United Technologies Research Center (china) Ltd.

Adam Kuenzi

Michael Lang

Jonah J Harkema

Ramesh Lingala

Ankit Tiwari

Steve Switzer

Chih-Kuang Lin

Yuri Novozhenets

Sumanth Kumar Mukundala

Adam Purdue

Davide Villa

Bradley Armand Scoville

Pedro Fernandez-Orellana

Kunal Srivastava

Santhosh Amuduri

Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal

Teri Lynne Briskey

Amuduri Santhosh

Ron Chapin

Wayne F Larson

Matthew S Hill

Devu Manikantan Shila

Teri Lynné Briskey

Neeraja Kanteti

Smita Menon

Kim Vertner

Ulf J Jonsson

Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju

Subhash Reddy Gopavaram

Dean Sinn

Adriaan Larmuseau

Paul C O'Neill

Ritesh Khire

Jeff Antrican

Ali Hodroj

Biswaranjan Pattanaik

Srinivas Korrawat

HarishBabu Manam

Jay Corporon

James Young

David Casey Fale

Lawrence A Binek

Andrzej Ernest Kuczek

Paul A Simcik

Daniel J Dempsey

Joseph Zacchio

Ashley Chapman

Nicholas Charles Soldner

Jon Marc Luebeck

Eric C Peterson

Kelly Martin Dubois

Jason Higley

Dirk Livingston Bellamy

Piyush Agrawal

Yew Hung Leong

Patrick Sweeney

Isaac J Mosgrove

Eric Chang

Christopher Marks

Jonathan Gordon Hays

Hrishi Eathakota

Cesar Aguilar

Anthony Pettigrew

Devis Dishnica

Sean Beebe

Scott D Westfall

Bhabani Sankar Nanda

Jackson Beatty

Debbie Bell

Yenong Qi

Bonnie McClure

Srinivasa Rao Veeravalli

Aswin Sukumaran Nair

Alan Marchiori

Adam Cooper

Nadeem Shaikh

Rajeev Dubey

Troy Klopfenstein

Lucien Wedzikowski

Siva S Iyer

James P Speir

David Michael Brown

Gregory Russell

Brian Quisling

David Condon

Sean Deng

Gowthami Vuradi

Simantov Yousoufov

Victor Nguyen

Randall Dow

Manasa Vemula

Avineet Nanda

Andre Lalande

Mark H Roach

Mohan Reddy Dumbala

Nagavendra Chappa

Mohammed Maqsood

Peter Christian Myers

Ryan DeVore

A method of staging a listed property for a real-estate showing including: receiving authorization information to access and control one or more internet of things (IoT) connected devices at the listed property from a first person via a first computer application accessed through a seller computing device; receiving showing settings and timing settings for each of the one or more IoT connected devices; and adjusting each of one or more IoT connected devices for the real-estate showing in accordance with the showing settings and the timing settings.

Method to operate the devices for real estate showings

A method of granting access to a visitor for a secured property including: receiving third-party opt-in information from a host via a first computer application accessed through a host computing device, the third-party opt-in information including an access grant authorizing a third-party service provider to grant access to an access control device that secures the secured property of the host; receiving a third-party service request from the host; assigning the third-party service request to the visitor; and granting the visitor an access to the access control device, wherein the visitor computing device is configured to transmit an access request to actuate the access control device and gain access to the secured property.

Automatic access control based on third-party database status

An access control system and a method for operating an access control system are provided. The access control system includes a camera and an access control device and may additionally include a local processing device. At least one of the camera, the access control device, and the local processing device (when included) may be used to store a biometric identifier (e.g., in a storage medium) and compare an optical image with the biometric identifier (e.g., in an authentication module) to decide whether or not a mechanical or electronic lock should be unlocked. The camera, the access control device, and the local processing device (when included) are in short-range communication (e.g., to transmit the optical image and/or an authentication signal). The use of short-range communication allows the comparison of the optical image with the stored biometric identifier to be done locally instead of remotely (e.g., in a sever).

Biometric enabled access control

A method of recommending workstations includes determining a location of a mobile device; determining a zone of interest for the mobile device in response to the location; determining a list of available workstations within the zone of interest; and displaying the list of available workstations within the zone of interests on the mobile device.

Method for identifying and booking the unoccupied workstations

Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for providing access of an accessing device to a user. One or more embodiments of the invention describe the method comprising steps of detecting a charged status of a battery of a user device and prompting a user of the user device to define credentials when the charged status of the battery reaches below a pre-determined threshold. One or more embodiments of the invention further describe steps of receiving the defined credentials from the user to access an accessing device and transmitting the defined credentials to a server for providing access of the accessing device to the user.

Method and system for providing access of an accessing device to a user

An access control system includes a credential service operable to generate an encrypted programming credential. A mobile library on a mobile device operable to communicate with the credential service, the mobile library operable to receive the encrypted programming credential from the credential service and a credential module for an access control, the credential module operable to extract programming data from the encrypted programming credential, the programming data usable to program the access control.

Remote programming for access control system with virtual card data

A method of providing real estate access control includes receiving a voice input at a voice assistant unit; sending the voice input from the voice assistant unit to a language processing system; at the language processing system, processing the voice input to define a message; sending the message from the language processing system to a locking device management system; at the locking device management system, processing the message as one of a command to a locking device and a query regarding the locking device.

Voice activated real estate access control

An access control system and a method for operating an access control system are provided. The access control system includes an access control device. The method provides a step for initiating the transmission of the advertising signal by a communication module of the access control device, the advertising signal being received by a mobile device. The method provides a step for automatically receiving an access credential from the mobile device to the communication module of the access control device. The method provides a step for comparing, in an authentication module, the access credential with an authorized access credential (e.g., stored in a memory of the access control device).

Access control accessibility

Aspects of the invention are directed towards methods and systems for managing access of an application. One or more embodiments of the invention describe receiving an indication from a user to access an application. One or more embodiments of the invention further describe determining whether a user device is in an offline mode and if the user device is in the offline mode, prompting the user to input user credentials. Furthermore, the embodiments of the invention also describe receiving the user credentials from the user and validating the user credentials of the user with pre-stored user credentials. Accordingly, access of the application to the user is controlled based on said validation.

Methods and systems for managing access of an application

A virtual conferencing method includes receiving, at an on-premise mobile device, video data from a front-facing camera of the on-premise mobile device and a rear-facing camera of the on-premise mobile device, and receiving remote video data from a remote device, the remote video data is from a front-facing camera of the remote device. The virtual conferencing method includes simultaneously displaying, on a display of the on-premise mobile device, the video data from the front-facing camera and the rear-facing camera of the on-premise mobile device with the remote video data from the front-facing camera of the remote device.

Enhanced virtual conferencing

A wireless translator and a method for controlling a locking device using a wireless translator are provided. The wireless translator includes a wireless receiver configured to receive at least one wireless signal from a mobile device, and a processor connected to the wireless receiver. The wireless translator includes a memory system including one or more computer-readable media that include instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the wireless translator to perform the following operations: (i) receiving access credentials and a lock command for the locking device from the mobile device via a first wireless signal; (ii) verifying the access credentials; and (iv) transmitting the lock command to the home automation system via a second wireless signal, the home automation system paired with the locking device, the home automation system configured to transmit the lock command to the locking device via a third wireless signal.

Translator for access to smart locks

A system includes a processor, a storage medium, a data file, blockchain application, a lock assembly, and a digital key. The data file is stored in the storage medium, and is applied by the blockchain application. The data file includes a plurality of linked blocks, each including a respective transaction data of a plurality of transaction data. Each one of the plurality of transaction data includes a respective event and a time stamp. The blockchain application is stored in the storage medium, executed by the processor, and is configured to output an authorization based on a current grant event of a transaction data of the plurality of transaction data. The digital key is adapted to operate the lock assembly, wherein at least one of the lock assembly and the digital key is configured to receive the authorization in order for the digital key to operate the lock assembly.

Blockchain supported smart lock system

A vertical door latch assembly includes a housing and a bolt movably attached to the housing having a catch portion. A drive motor is located within the housing and is configured to selectively move a lock assembly between a locked position preventing movement of the bolt and an unlocked position allowing movement of the bolt. A controller is in electrical communication with the drive motor and is configured to direct the actuator lock assembly between the locked position and the unlocked position. A force sensor is in electrical communication with the controller configured to measured when a force exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Latch assembly for vertical door and method of operating

An access control device and a method for operating an access control device are provided. The access control device includes a detection sensor, a communication module, and a processor. The detection sensor is configured to detect a status event (e.g., a rotation of a handle, or an insertion or closure of a keybox). The communication module is in wireless communication with a mobile device. The communication module is configured to receive an advertising signal from the mobile device. The processor is in communication with at least one of the detection sensor and the communication module. The processor is configured to determine whether a distance between the mobile device and the access control device is greater than a threshold when the detection sensor detects the status event. The processor is configured to trigger a notification when the distance is greater than the threshold.

Mobile device notification via access control device

A method of changing a rate of advertising for at least one of a multiple of access controls, including transmitting advertisements from an access control at a nominal rate and changing the nominal rate in response to detection by a sensor.

Access control system with sensor

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