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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US);
Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal, Telangana, IN;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for monitoring a location of a key relative to a key-box, 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 key-box 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 key-box 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 key-box, wherein upon a determination by the key-box or the mobile-device that the key is not being returned, an alert is provided by the mobile-device to the first user.