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US 11,132,877 B2Granted
Doorbell communities
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
InventorsJoseph Frank Scalisi, Andrew Paul Thomas, Gregory Saul Harrison, Desiree Mejia
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Abstract
Doorbells can send data to each other to enable a first doorbell user to warn a second doorbell user regarding a suspicious visitor. A first user can indicate a first trait of a visitor via a first remote computing device. The first user can create a user group to enable the members of the user group to use their doorbells to take pictures of suspicious visitors and to send the pictures of the suspicious visitors to other members of the user group.
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A method of using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises a first remote computing device communicatively coupled to a first doorbell having a first housing, a first microphone, a first speaker, a first camera, a first transmitter, and a first button, the method comprising:
- sending a first picture, taken by the first doorbell, of a first visitor to the first remote computing device;
- creating a doorbell user group comprising the first remote computing device and a second remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to a second doorbell but is not communicatively coupled to the first doorbell, the second doorbell comprising a second housing, a second microphone, a second speaker, a second camera, a second transmitter, and a second button;
- sharing the first picture of the first visitor with the doorbell user group such that the second remote computing device receives the first picture;
- displaying a map on the first remote computing device, wherein the map displays a second location of the second doorbell and a third location of a third doorbell comprising a third housing, a third microphone, a third speaker, a third camera, a third transmitter, and a third button, the method further comprising displaying information regarding the second doorbell in response to selecting a map icon representing the second doorbell while the map icon is displayed on the first remote computing device;
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- selecting the map icon to add the second doorbell to the doorbell user group.
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A method of using a doorbell system, the method comprising:
- coupling a first doorbell having a first housing, a first microphone, a first speaker, a first camera, a first transmitter, and a first button to a first building;
- configuring the first doorbell to wirelessly communicate with a first remote computing device;
- joining, by the first remote computing device, a doorbell user group that comprises a second doorbell having a second housing, a second microphone, a second speaker, a second camera, a second transmitter, and a second button, the second doorbell coupled to a second building, and a third doorbell having a third housing, a third microphone, a third speaker, a third camera, a third transmitter, and a third button, the third doorbell coupled to a third building, wherein the second doorbell is configured to wirelessly communicate with a second remote computing device;
- displaying a map on the first remote computing device, wherein the map displays a second location of the second doorbell and a third location of a third doorbell comprising a third housing, a third microphone, a third speaker, a third camera, a third transmitter, and a third button, the method further comprising displaying information regarding the second doorbell in response to selecting a map icon representing the second doorbell while the map icon is displayed on the first remote computing device;
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- selecting the map icon to add the second doorbell to the doorbell user group.
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A doorbell system comprising:
- a first doorbell having a first housing, a first microphone, a first speaker, a first camera, a first transmitter, and a first button, the first doorbell coupled to a first building, and the first doorbell communicatively coupled to a first remote computing device;
- a second doorbell having a second housing, a second microphone, a second speaker, a second camera, a second transmitter, and a second button, the second doorbell coupled to a second building, and the second doorbell communicatively coupled to a second remote computing device;
- a doorbell user group comprising a database having images taken by the first camera and the second camera, wherein the doorbell user group is communicatively coupled to the first remote computing device and the second remote computing device;
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- a display, on the first remote computing device, configured to show a map, wherein the map indicates a second location of the second doorbell and a third location of a third doorbell comprising a third housing, a third microphone, a third speaker, a third camera, a third transmitter, and a third button, the display being further configured to show information regarding the second doorbell in response to a selection, on the first remote computing device, of a map icon representing the second doorbell while the map icon is shown on the display, the display providing an interface by which to add the second doorbell to the doorbell user group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.