Temporary Home Security Access With Post-Access Event Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home security systems do not allow for secure, temporary access and control of home security systems by trusted individuals, such as neighbors or friends, for tasks like house-sitting, and lack integrated notification systems for security and safety events after temporary access has ended.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that enables a first user to grant temporary control access to a home security system to a second user for a predetermined period, allowing access and control of specific system components, with notifications and task lists, and continues to provide alerts after the access period has elapsed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If temporary control access is granted to a second user, then the ease of operation is improved, but the security and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing time-bound access permissions before granting control. The first user pre-configures the duration and scope of access, ensuring that temporary control is automatically revoked after the specified period, thus maintaining security while enabling ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The computing device acts as an intermediary between the first user's home security system and the second user. It mediates the access relationship by enforcing time constraints and managing the temporary control permissions, preventing direct unauthorized access while enabling legitimate temporary control.
2Reliability
If access is revoked after predetermined period, then the security is improved, but the loss of information occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the notification data by transmitting event information from the first user's home security system to the second user's computing device. This copy persists even after access is revoked, preventing information loss while maintaining security through the original system's continued control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary data transmission by sending notification information to the second user before access revocation occurs. This ensures that the second user receives and retains relevant security event information even after their control access is automatically revoked.
3Reliability
If integrated notification system is implemented, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The computing device performs multiple functions: it serves as both a control interface for temporary users and a notification receiver for security events. By making the computing device universal, the system integrates notification capabilities without adding separate dedicated hardware, thus improving reliability while minimizing complexity increase.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the notification reception function with the existing temporary access control framework. Instead of creating a separate notification system, it combines event monitoring and notification delivery into the same infrastructure that manages temporary user access, reducing overall system complexity while improving reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide systems and methods of granting temporary control access of a home security system of a first user to a second user, where the temporary control access is for at least a portion of a home security system for a predetermined period of time. One or more tasks to be completed for the first user may be completed by the second user while having temporary control access to the home security system. The temporary control access of the second user to the at least a portion of the home security system of the first user may be revoked when the predetermined period of time has elapsed. The second user may receive a notification may be received for a security event, a safety event, a home event, and a package delivery event after the predetermined period of time has lapsed.