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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Vizpin, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Bodell, Lancaster, PA (US);
Rui Manuel Andrade Barreira, Oporto, PT;
Peter Dikeman, Cotuit, MA (US);
Assignee:
VIZpin, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method for facilitating communication between a first person such as an occupant of a building with a smart lock and a second person such as a visitor includes receiving at a computer system, from a visitor device app, a smart lock identifier and a visitor device app identifier so the occupant can establish a communication channel between the occupant and the visitor and if desired allow the visitor access to the building (or other property).