Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110181412 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY IN MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES - Methods, systems, and devices for managing energy consumption in multi-room facilities are provided. In particular, intelligent mechanisms for determining a room occupancy state and then for managing energy settings of that room are provided. Some logic for implementing these mechanisms may be provided in an in-room device, such as a motion detector, thermostat, door, lock, television, set top box, etc. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMITTING REMOTE CHECK-IN AND COORDINATING ACCESS CONTROL - Methods, systems, and devices for controlling access within a multi-facility room are provided. More specifically, a guest of the multi-room facility is allowed to remotely confirm reservations to the facility as well as bypass the front desk of the multi-room for check-in purposes. At a location within the facility, the guest is allowed to confirm their arrival, check-in, and have their access credential written with personalized access data that may be useable for the duration of the guest's stay. | 08-04-2011 |
20140145823 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - The present disclosure is generally directed toward access control systems and, more specifically, toward access control systems that utilize Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled devices. The disclosed system enables an NFC device to be remotely checked-in to the access control system; however, the NFC device operates in a read/write mode rather than a card emulation mode when interacting with RFID readers of the access control system. | 05-29-2014 |
20140247111 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMITTING REMOTE CHECK-IN AND COORDINATING ACCESS CONTROL - Methods, systems, and devices for controlling access within a multi-facility room are provided. More specifically, a guest of the multi-room facility is allowed to remotely confirm reservations to the facility as well as bypass the front desk of the multi-room for check-in purposes. At a location within the facility, the guest is allowed to confirm their arrival, check-in, and have their access credential written with personalized access data that may be useable for the duration of the guest's stay. | 09-04-2014 |
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20100023364 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A THREAT AGAINST A BORDER - A method for determining a threat against a border from objects crossing or trying to cross said border. Said method includes at least the steps of segmenting the border into border elements of uniform terrain features infrastructure and weather conditions, collecting data of incidents occurring along a given border element, determining a threat potential for said border element, determining a protection factor for the border element, and determining a threat against the border element from the threat potential and protection factor. The method may be used for warning about an increased threat to a border, wherein the threat is compared with a threat value threshold. If the threat exceeds the threat value threshold, an alarm is issued. The method may also be used for allocating protective measures along a border. | 01-28-2010 |
20100073164 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING SENSOR COVERAGE, A DESIGN TOOL AND A BORDER PROTECTION SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - A method is disclosed for determining sensor performance of a border element of homogeneous terrain, weather and vegetation properties. The border element includes a number of areas of interest, as well as a plurality of sensors. The method includes determining coordinates of the border element and areas, and determining performance data for each sensor. The coordinates and performance data is used as input parameters to a Line-Of-Sight tool for determining a coverage factor of each sensor. The coverage factor is modified for time per time unit in which function of each sensor is impaired by conditions such as bad weather, light or mobility. Then, the modified coverage factors for each sensor are summed to obtain a total sensor performance for the border element. | 03-25-2010 |