Control device access method and apparatus

摘要

Application software for a mobile device can provide an owner or operator of a premises with the ability to remotely grant a guest authorization to access an access control device on or in the premises. The access control device can control the operation of the one or more secondary devices, so that with the owner authorization, the guest can access the access control device to cause an action at the premises with the secondary device. The application software can further provide the owner/operator the ability to restrict the third party access, such as temporally or spatially.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive one or more transmissions over a communication network at the behest of an owner device, the transmissions including at least application identification information for an application and access rights data to an owner access control device; a guest device configured to download, install, and run the application; a user input device, the application configured to receive instruction from the user input device; and a transmitter configured to transmit a control signal based on the access rights data after a determination by the guest device that there are no applicable restrictions in the access rights data to the owner access control device in response to instruction from the application to cause an action at a premises associated with the owner access control device.