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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Inventors:

Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US);

Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal, Telangana, IN;

Neeraja Kanteti, Telangana, IN;

Assignee:

CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); E05B 19/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/00 (2013.01); E05B 19/0005 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0095 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0096 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00936 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a system for monitoring a location of a key relative to a keybox, configured to perform: (i) providing access to the key by: communicating over a personal area network with a first mobile-device for the first user as the first user approaches the keybox in an attempt to obtain the key, obtaining first credentials from the first mobile-device, determining whether the first credentials are valid or invalid, when the first credentials are valid: putting the keybox in an unlocked configuration, (ii) tracking a location of the key by: communicating over the personal area network with: the key and/or mobile-device to determine whether the key is being returned to the keybox, wherein upon a determination by the keybox or the mobile-device that the key is not being returned, an alert is provided by the mobile-device to the first user.


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