Patent ID: 9644400
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C,G07C,G08B,H04N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of using an intelligent door lock system at a door at a dwelling, the method including the method steps comprising: providing the intelligent door lock system, the intelligent door lock system including a position sensor, an engine, a circuit coupled to the engine, an energy source coupled to the circuit and a device that converts energy into mechanical energy, the sensor configured to know its current position even if it has been moved since it has been turned off; coupling the position sensor of the intelligent door lock system to a drive shaft of a lock device of a door, the position sensor being coupled to the circuit; supplying energy from the energy source to the device that converts energy into mechanical energy; using the device that converts energy into mechanical energy to rotate the drive shaft sufficiently to unlock or lock a lock of the lock device; providing a security system that includes a camera coupled to the engine to look for a person or thing at or near a door or window at the dwelling, in response to the detection of a person or thing at or near the door or window of the dwelling the camera is activated from a sleep state to an active state, wherein in response to the motion detection device detecting a person at or near a door or window at the dwelling the camera takes a picture of an image of the person or thing and provides a notification to the dwelling occupant or the third party designated by the dwelling occupant; using the circuitry to couple at least a portion of the security system to the engine; and wherein a mobile device of the dwelling occupant or the third party designated by the dwelling occupant is configured to be in communication with the position sensor to provide locking or unlocking of the door.