Patent 10445999 was granted and assigned to August Home on October, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A security system is coupled to a door lock system at a dwelling. A lock device is provided with a lock and a drive shaft. An intelligent door lock system includes: a door status device configured to couple to the drive shaft of the lock device, the door status device determining lock or unlock status of a the lock device, an engine that provides power to lock and unlock the lock and coupled to the door status device, the engine coupled to at least one wireless communication device at the dwelling configured to with a mobile device of a dwelling occupant for communication with the intelligent door lock system to lock or unlock the door, a circuit coupled to the engine, and an energy source coupled to the circuit and providing power to lock or unlock the door, wherein an occupant/owner, or end-user of the dwelling communicates with a server to grant third party access to the dwelling. A security system is configured to be coupled to the intelligent door lock system. The security system includes a video apparatus that captures video is coupled to a motion detection device to take a video of an image of the person or an outline of the person. The video apparatus is configured to provide communication with a communication device of the third party. In response to a communication with the video apparatus and the communication device of the third party, the third party is granted controlled access to the dwelling.