Disclosed is a method of providing active services based on big data using a remote start device of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: collecting information related to the vehicle and a driver; deriving a behavior prediction value for predicting driver's behavior based on the collected information; operating an active service determination unit when the derived behavior prediction value meets a preset condition; determining, by the active service determination unit, proposal of an active service to the driver based on the collected vehicle-related information; determining a type of the active service and a time of providing the active service; transmitting proposal of the determined active service to a driver terminal to be displayed; and starting execution of the determined active service according to a change in the state of the driver terminal.

An apparatus includes a vehicle control system (VCS) coupled to a computer of a vehicle via a CAN bus and configured to present selectively appearance of a presence in the vehicle of a smartkey, e.g., by energizing and de-energizing an actual smartkey of the vehicle. The VCS includes a VCS and a Bluetooth® VCS transceiver. The VCS stores VCS software. The apparatus also includes a smartphone with a Bluetooth® transceiver, and storing an app. The mobile device is paired with the VCS to communicate with the VCS via a Bluetooth® link. The app configures the smartphone to receive menu selections from a user, to generate communications that identify smartkey-enabled features of the VCS that correspond to the selections, and to send to the VCS the communications through the link. The VCS software configures the VCS to receive the communications and cause the vehicle to perform actions corresponding to the communications.

A vehicle control method is provided, applied to a vehicle-mounted apparatus, including: The vehicle-mounted apparatus establishes a first communication connection to a mobile terminal, predicts a first movement track or a second movement track of the mobile terminal, and performs a first operation when a first condition is met, or performs a second operation when a second condition is met. The first condition includes: the first movement track enters a first region, and the mobile terminal enters a second region; the second condition includes: the second movement track leaves a third region, and the mobile terminal leaves the second region; and the second region includes the first region, and the third region includes the first region.

A smart thermostat hub and a management platform for controlling and securing smart devices in a multi-family residential property are disclosed. Smart thermostat hubs may bi-directionally communicate with the management platform using a LoRaWAN communication link and communicate with smart devices present within an apartment of the multi-family residential property via a non-LoRaWAN communication link. Smart thermostat hub may provide a gateway or bridge between the management platform and an offline door lock, thereby enabling access credentials for an offline door lock to be disabled from the management platform, and may serve to facilitate remote configuration of other smart devices, such as thermostats and smart light fixtures, for example.

An access control method for people in which the access control device (16) is assigned to an access point. Each access control device (16) has at least one antenna (1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11), which emits beacons. Each access area (3) can only accommodate one person at a time. All antennas lie on an antenna plane. The transmitted beacons containing a unique access point ID, which positively identifies the access point and a unique antenna ID within predefined intervals. The received beacons are analyzed based on the RSSIs (Received Signal Strength Indicator) such that the distance of the mobile device (14) to the at least one antenna (1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11) is determined. The received access point ID are transmitted to a server (15) or to the access control device (16) for analysis. Access is granted if the access authorization is valid for the access point ID.

A method performed by a control device includes determining that a portable key device is located in a given reception zone around at least two motor vehicles; determining a physical position of the portable key device in relation to at least one of the motor vehicles; ascertaining, based on the physical position of the portable key device, one of the at least two motor vehicles at which a predetermined reference of the portable key device is pointing; providing a control signal that operates a locking device of the one of the at least two motor vehicles, where the control signal causes at least partial unlocking or at least partial locking of the one of the at least two motor vehicles; and transmitting the control signal to the locking device of the one of the at least two motor vehicles.

Passive entry systems, such as passive entry-passive start vehicle systems, using short-range wireless communication signals to determine a distance between nomadic devices and unlockable devices based on a round trip time of flight (TOF) measurement.

A smart thermostat hub and a management platform for controlling and securing smart devices in a multi-family residential property are disclosed. Smart thermostat hubs may bi-directionally communicate with the management platform using a LoRaWAN communication link and communicate with smart devices present within an apartment of the multi-family residential property via a non-LoRaWAN communication link. Smart thermostat hub may provide a gateway or bridge between the management platform and an offline door lock, thereby enabling access credentials for an offline door lock to be disabled from the management platform, and may serve to facilitate remote configuration of other smart devices, such as thermostats and smart light fixtures, for example.

A system and method for using a portable device to communicate with a vehicle to authorize one or more vehicle operations. The portable device may authorize the vehicle to unlock/lock doors, start the vehicle engine, or mobilize the vehicle, or a combination thereof. The vehicle may include a vehicle transmitter system with one or more transmitters disposed at various locations on the vehicle, and the portable device may be configured to monitor a communication strength between the portable device and the one or more transmitters of the transmitter system. Based on the monitored signal strength, the portable device may determine location information about itself.

A wall-mounted credential reader device according to one embodiment is adapted to be secured to a wall of a building and includes a credential reader adapted to receive credential data from credential devices presented to the wall-mounted credential reader device, an inertial sensor that generates sensor data indicative of an acceleration of the wall-mounted credential reader device, a processor, and a memory including a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, causes the wall-mounted credential reader device to receive sensor data generated by the inertial sensor, compare the received sensor data to reference data indicative of an acceleration of the wall-mounted credential reader device when the wall-mounted credential reader device is not moving, and generate a tamper alert in response to the comparison indicating that a deviation of the received sensor data from the reference data exceeds a threshold.