Interacting with visitors of a connected home environment

A visitor interaction system comprising:

• a camera that captures video data;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
• obtaining video data captured by a camera of a visitor interaction system;
• determining an approach of a person toward the visitor interaction system;
• determining, based on an analysis of the video data and the approach of the person, an identity of the person;
• determining, based on the identity of the person, that the person belongs to a respective predefined visitor group of a plurality of predefined visitor groups, each of the plurality of predefined visitor groups corresponding to a respective predefined response model of a plurality of predefined response models, one or more predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models including at least one response action of a plurality of response actions, a respective response action of the plurality of response actions being executable by the visitor interaction system without requiring intervention of a user of the visitor interaction system;
• identifying a respective predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models corresponding to the respective predefined visitor group of the plurality of predefined visitor groups, one or more respective predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models for each of the predefined visitor groups being modifiable using one or more previous response actions, the one or more previous response actions including one or more user selected response actions, one or more user rejected response actions, one or more user defined response actions, or one or more repeated response actions;
• initiating, by the visitor interaction system, a first autonomous action of a plurality of respective autonomous actions based on the respective predefined response model;
• and
• sending a first report message to the user via a client device, the first report message including at least one of a representation of the video data, data relating to the approach of the person, data relating to the identity of the person, the first autonomous action, or a summary of the first message.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer system with one or more processors, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining video data captured by a camera of a visitor interaction system;
• determining an approach of a person toward the visitor interaction system;
• determining, based on an analysis of the video data and the approach of the person, an identity of the person;
• determining, based on the identity of the person, that the person belongs to a respective predefined visitor group of a plurality of predefined visitor groups, each of the plurality of predefined visitor groups corresponding to a respective predefined response model of a plurality of predefined response models, one or more predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models including at least one response action of a plurality of response actions, a respective response action of the plurality of response actions being executable by the visitor interaction system without requiring intervention of a user of the visitor interaction system;
• identifying a respective predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models corresponding to the respective predefined visitor group of the plurality of predefined visitor groups, one or more respective predefined response model of the plurality of predefined response models for each of the predefined visitor groups being modifiable using one or more previous response actions, the one or more previous response actions including one or more user selected response actions, one or more user rejected response actions, one or more user defined response actions, or one or more repeated response actions;
• initiating, by the visitor interaction system, a first autonomous action of a plurality of respective autonomous actions based on the respective predefined response model;
• and
• sending a first report message to the user via a client device, the first report message including at least one of a representation of the video data, data relating to the approach of the person, data relating to the identity of the person, the first autonomous action, or a summary of the first message.