Doorbell communication systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
InventorsJoseph Frank Scalisi, Seton Paul Kasmir, Jeremy Norberg
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a doorbell having a visitor detection system that can comprise at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector. The method for using the doorbell can comprise recording, via the camera, video data that represents a video. The method can also comprise recording, via the microphone, audio data that represents audio. The method of using the doorbell can comprise transmitting at least a portion of the video data and at least a portion of the audio data, to a remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell. The method can also comprise transmitting the video data and the audio data to a remote server that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell.
Claims20
A method of using a doorbell, comprising:
- transmitting, via an error-checked protocol, video data and audio data to a cloud storage medium communicatively coupled to the doorbell comprising a housing, a speaker, a transmitter, a button, and a visitor detection system including at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector;
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- pausing transmitting, via the error-checked protocol, the video data and the audio data to the cloud storage medium in response to a transmission capacity between the doorbell and at least one of a remote computing device and the cloud storage medium being less than a predetermined threshold, wherein the remote computing device is communicatively coupled to the doorbell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.