Patent ID: 11949683
Assignee: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for granting guest access to a control devices, comprising:
maintaining, by a monitoring control unit, a web service that provides access to control one or more devices connected to a monitoring system of a property;
scanning, by the monitoring control unit, a network within the property for new connections;
detecting, by the monitoring control unit, a new connection of a guest device to the network within the property;
in response to detecting the new connection of the guest device to the network within the property, transmitting, by the monitoring control unit and to an authorized device, a request to grant access to the guest device to control at least one of the one or more devices connected to the monitoring system of the property;
receiving, by the monitoring control unit, an approval to grant access to the guest device to control at least one of the one or more devices connected to the monitoring system of the property;
in response to receiving the approval, transmitting, by the monitoring control unit and to the guest device, (i) data that enables the guest device to access the web service that provides access to control at least one of the one or more devices connected to the monitoring system of the property, and (ii) a temporary authentication token that is used to authenticate the guest device to control at least one of the one or more devices connected to the monitoring system of the property;
detecting, by the monitoring control unit, that the guest device is disconnected from the network within the property; and
in response to detecting, by the monitoring control unit, that the guest device is disconnected from the network within the property, setting the temporary authentication token to have an expired status.