Smart lock system for Airbnb Platform using global navigation satellite system services

摘要

Over the last two decades, the world changes have occurred faster and faster. The services provided by GNSS represent major business drivers. Innovative and effective GNSS applications such as location-based smart-phone and hand-held device apps, navigation services and fleet management represent value-added services. The smart lock system is based on the Airbnb [1] platform for lease or rent short-term lodging and solves both a technical/operational limitation and trustfulness issue [2]. The solution is to link the housing, the reservation number and the mobile phone of the customer so that, with the help of localization services, the smart lock of the apartment could be opened only by the person wearing the mobile device, when that person reaches the destination, and only in the specified period of time when the reservation is made. The proposed solution adds value to the already implemented idea, and the targeted market is almost worldwide and can be extended also for car rentals and other rent services.