An electronic lock, including: a power storage device; and photovoltaic cells located on a surface of the electronic lock, the photovoltaic cells being electrically coupled to the power storage device in order to provide a charging current to the power storage device.

A smart lock system that includes a smart lock that electronically locks and unlocks a door and a server that outputs a command to the smart lock to lock or unlock the door via the internet in response to an instruction received via the internet from a user device. The user device may also (simultaneously) directly transmit an instruction to the smart lock (e.g., via Bluetooth). The user device may also directly transmit an instruction to the smart lock to unlock the door in response to a determination that the user device is within a predefined geofenced region around the smart lock. The smart lock may also include a keypad. The smart lock may also include a camera that captures images and output those images to the server for transmittal to the user device. The smart may also include a motion sensor and capture images in response to detected motion.

Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment, or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.

The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for randomly generating unlock codes and identifiers for locks, and creating unlock code and identifier pairs. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is integrated with, or part of, a distributed management system that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled, whereby users can request an unlock code via text messaging using a mobile device.

The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location, where unlock codes for over-locks are transmitted via electronic messaging. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is a distributed management system that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled, whereby users can request an unlock code via text messaging using a mobile device.

The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location, where unlock codes for over-locks are transmitted via electronic messaging. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is a distributed management system that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled, whereby users can request an unlock code via text messaging using a mobile device.

Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.

The present disclosure improves security in a technology for unlocking an electronic lock using a door phone slave unit. A business phone main unit (2) includes: a PB signal reception unit (22) that receives a PB signal input through a door phone slave unit (5); an authentication information decoding unit (23) that decodes authentication information from a PB signal; and an electronic lock control unit (25) that controls an electronic lock (4) based on the decoded authentication information.

An electronic padlock comprising a lock body, a locking hook moveably connected to the lock body, and an unlocking assembly, a locking mechanism, and a mechanical unlocking system and an electronic unlocking system which are provided in the lock body. One end of the mechanical unlocking system and one end of the electronic unlocking system are movably connected to the unlocking assembly to drive the unlocking assembly to perform position conversion between a first position and a second position, respectively; a locking mechanism is defined at the unlocking assembly, when the unlocking assembly is in the first position, the locking mechanism limits a position of the locking hook, the electronic padlock is in a locked state; when the unlocking assembly is in the second position, the locking mechanism is disengaged inwardly from the locking hook so that the locking hook can be pulled out to unlock the electronic padlock.