ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,728, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Vivint LLC (Provo, Utah).
"Managing barrier and occupancy based home automation system" was invented by Jefferson Lyman (Alpine, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described for controlling access to a home based on user occupancy. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling access to a home based on user occupancy includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to determine a location of a user of a home automation system relative to a barrier...