Patent ID: 9196103
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: E05F,G05B,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an entryway for a building, the method comprising: accessing, by a computer system, identity data providing unique biometric identifications and associated names for respective people, so that different persons are identifiable by biometric data received from the respective different persons; storing roles and associating ones of the roles with ones of the people; storing rules, wherein each rule is configured to define one of the roles or people and define a condition and an action; receiving biometric data for a person at the entryway, by the computer system from a device for receiving biometric data, wherein the device is located at the entryway; identifying a named person indicated for the received biometric data by the identity data accessed by the computer system, wherein one of the defined roles is associated with the identified person; selecting, by the computer system, an announcement rule corresponding to the defined role for the identified person, wherein the announcement rule's action includes audibly announcing predefined instructions; and performing, by the computer system, the defined action for the selected announcement rule when a current condition satisfies the defined condition for the selected announcement rule, wherein performing the defined action for the selected announcement rule includes the computer system transmitting the predefined instructions to an audio speaker device at the entryway, wherein the selecting includes selecting different announcement rules having different predefined instructions for announcement for different identifiable persons who have different ones of the stored roles.