Temporary Rental Property Access Credential System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rental property management technologies face challenges in efficiently managing temporary access to rental properties, often requiring users to create new accounts or undergo cumbersome authentication processes.
Innovation Solution
The described techniques enable the generation and distribution of access credentials to users, allowing them to access rental property information and control associated devices without creating a new user account, through an application or webpage portal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users create new accounts for each rental property access, then authentication reliability is improved, but device complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication system where a single user account can access multiple rental properties through different access credentials (digital keys, codes, or tokens) without creating separate accounts for each property. The system serves multiple functions: user authentication, property access control, and credential management through one unified account interface.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating unique physical keys or separate accounts for each property, the system generates digital copies of access credentials that can be distributed to multiple users for the same property or to a single user for multiple properties. These digital credential copies maintain security while eliminating the need for additional account creation.
2Measurement precision
If users create new accounts for each rental property, then access control precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the access control function from the account management function. Users have one account for management, but access to different properties is segmented into separate credentials (digital keys, codes, tokens) that can be independently generated, distributed, and revoked without affecting the user account or other property accesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary credential system between the user account and property access. The access credential acts as a mediator that links the authenticated user to the specific property without requiring a dedicated account for each property-User authentication is handled at the account level, while property-specific access control is handled at the credential level.
3Reliability
If temporary access credentials are generated after reservation, then security is improved, but time efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating access credentials or preparing credential templates before the actual rental period begins. Credentials can be generated in advance when the reservation is confirmed, or even earlier when the property is listed, reducing wait time for users while maintaining security through controlled distribution and activation mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
In some implementations, a system is capable of generating and distributing access credentials to users that access a rental property for a limited time period. Users can be provided with access to the rental property through an application or webpage portal without creating a new user account or user login for the application. For example, a user can be granted access to control electronic devices associated with a monitoring system of a rental property without creating a new user account with the monitoring system. Techniques described herein enable such users to more easily access, for example, rental property information that is associated with a monitoring system of the rental property. In this manner, access credentials can be distributed to users through any suitable means, e.g., through email or SMS, and used to temporarily authenticate users.