Patent ID: 9359794
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,G07C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a door lock system with a knob at a dwelling, comprising: providing an apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy; coupling a bolt coupled to a door, and coupling the bolt to an input rod and an output rod; using the bolt to lock and unlock a door in response transmission of displacement or delivery of rotational mechanical energy; coupling at least one of an interior or exterior knob to the bolt and the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy; using an energy source that is coupled to the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy; using a wireless communication device to communicate with a user's mobile device; using a position sensing device to sense position of a drive shaft of the door lock system to assists in locking and unlocking the bolt in response to communication with the user's mobile device; using an engine with a memory coupled to the wireless communication device and the energy source, the engine executing instructions received from the user's mobile device to execute operation of the door lock system; the door lock system configured to provide that when the user's mobile device is at an exterior of the dwelling and in a close proximity to the dwelling the user's mobile device is utilized to unlock the door; and providing authorization with the mobile device to engage the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy and allows a door user to manually open the door.