Emergency Unlocking via Intermediary Server Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Intelligent electronic devices, such as smart door locks, can be unreliable in emergencies, leading to safety hazards and property loss due to inability to unlock when risks like fires or trapped individuals occur, especially when the owner is not nearby.
Innovation Solution
An unlocking method that allows a second electronic device to establish a connection with a first electronic device when a risk is detected, using environment and user monitoring data to authorize unlocking, ensuring safety without requiring the owner's presence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the electronic device uses fingerprint recognition or password function for unlocking, then the user can quickly unlock the door without carrying a key, but the device becomes unreliable in emergencies when the owner is not nearby
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the electronic device and the user. When the owner cannot be present, the server receives authorization requests from other users, verifies them, and sends unlocking commands to the electronic device. This mediator enables emergency unlocking without requiring the owner's direct presence or traditional authentication methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary authorization where users pre-designate other users as authorized persons through the server. This preliminary action stores authorization relationships in advance, so that when emergencies occur, the electronic device can immediately execute unlocking commands from authorized users without requiring real-time owner verification, thus resolving the reliability issue.
2Reliability
If the electronic device allows remote unlocking by other users, then emergency situations can be handled when the owner is not nearby, but security risks increase from unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authorization verification through the server before allowing any remote unlocking. The server stores pre-configured authorization relationships between users and electronic devices. When a unlocking request is received, the server verifies whether the requesting user is in the authorized list before transmitting the unlocking command, thus preventing unauthorized access while enabling legitimate emergency unlocking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the server verifies authorization status and provides feedback before executing unlocking commands. The system checks whether the requesting user has proper authorization, and only after successful verification does it send the unlocking command to the electronic device. This feedback loop ensures security while enabling emergency access.
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AI summary
This application provides an unlocking method, an electronic device, and a system, and relates to the field of terminal technologies.-The method includes: After a first electronic device determines, based on first data, that there is a first risk in an environment in which the first electronic device is located, the first electronic device establishes a connection to a second electronic device in response to a connection request sent by the second electronic device. Then, when the first electronic device determines that there is the first risk in the environment in which the first electronic device is located and a login account of the second electronic device is authorized, the first electronic device confirms to perform unlocking.