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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Open Invention Network Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Isaac D. M. White, Orlando, FL (US);
James Dickens, Ocoee, FL (US);
Open Invention Network, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for operating an electronically activated mechanism. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises receiving, via a first communications network, a first electronic communication directed to remotely activating the mechanism. The first electronic communication may include at least one of a telephone call, a telephone call containing data, and a data message. The method further comprises determining whether a party from whom the first electronic communication is received is authorized to remotely activate the mechanism. When it is determined that the party from whom the first electronic communication is received is authorized to remotely activate the electronically activated mechanism, a second electronic communication is provided via a second communications network. The second electronic communication is directed to activating the electronically activated mechanism. The first and second communications networks may each include a wireless network.