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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:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Christopher Rapp, Seattle, WA (US);

Ricardo Jose Lopez, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/02 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/23 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/33 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/025 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00817 (2013.01); G07C 9/23 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/33 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 3/42068 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00396 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00825 (2013.01); G07C 2209/08 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01); H04M 2201/39 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that allows a user to access a secured area by confirming location of the user near the secured area and receipt of an access word by the system. A user in possession of a mobile device may be detected at the entrance to a secured location. The system can select a question asking for a passcode corresponding to certain access to the secured location. The question can be spoken to a user through a loudspeaker at the secured location. The user's spoken response can be processed by the system, for example using keyword spotting, to determine if the proper access word is included. If it is, the system can grant access to the secured area.


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