# US 2016/0366374 A1 · Communication and Monitoring System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366374 A1 - Document ID: US20160366374A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/238,228 - Filed: 2016-08-16 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2002-10-15 - Assignees: Eyetalk365, LLC - Applicants: Eyetalk365, LLC - Inventors: Ronald Carter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366374A1 ## CPC - H04N 7/186: {Video door telephones} - G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - G07C 9/00563: {using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns} - G07C 9/00896: {specially adapted for particular uses} - G07C 9/32: in combination with an identity check - G07C 9/33: by means of a password - H04M 11/025: {Door telephones (adapted for television H04N7/186)} - H04N 7/142: {Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display} - H04N 7/144: {camera and display on the same optical axis, e.g. optically multiplexing the camera and display for eye to eye contact} - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04N 7/148: {Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN} - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - H04N 7/20: Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite - G07C 2009/00769: {with data transmission performed by wireless means} - H04B 1/38: Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving - H04L 65/61: for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio - H04N 2007/145: {Handheld terminals} - H04W 80/10: adapted for {application} session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] {(connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14)} - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for receiving a person at an entrance, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting the presence of the person at the entrance; (b) transmitting wirelessly, to a computerized controller running a software application, real-time video of the person at the entrance recorded using at least one exterior module located proximate the entrance; (c) providing, with the software application, a graphical user interface to at least one remote peripheral device, which is a cell phone, by which a user of the at least one remote peripheral device may view the video of the person at the entrance; (d) prompting, at the at least one remote peripheral device, that the person is present at the entrance; (e) receiving audio from the at least one peripheral device; and (f) transmitting audio received by the at least one exterior module to the at least one peripheral device, wherein, in detecting step (a), the at least one exterior module comprises (i) a video camera, (ii) a proximity sensor, (iii) a microphone, (iv) an RF transmitter, (v) an RF receiver, (vi) a keypad having one or more buttons, and (vii) a speaker, to determine that the person is present at the entrance, wherein transmitting in step (b) comprises transmitting digital streaming video wirelessly using the at least one exterior module, and wherein receiving in step (e) further comprises outputting the audio through the speaker of the at least one exterior module. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: coordinating, in response to prompting in step (d), multiple communication devices using the software application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein one of the multiple communication devices includes an interior transceiver. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 further comprising: receiving inputs on the interior transceiver via a touch screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 further comprising: connecting the interior transceiver to a public switching telephone network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein one of the multiple communication devices includes an electronic lock. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 further comprising: actuating the electronic lock using an access code, wherein the computerized controller is a personal computer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: storing the digital streaming video in a redundant storage defined by an administrator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: streaming audio-video communications from an interior transceiver, the interior transceiver comprising (i) a video camera, (ii) an RF transmitter, (iii) and an RF receiver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, the interior transceiver further comprising: a proximity detector and a recording component for audio. ### Claim 11 A system for receiving a person at an entrance comprising: a computerized controller running a software application that provides a graphical user interface to a remote peripheral device, which is a cell phone; and at least one exterior module, each of the at least one exterior module comprising: (i) a video camera that captures video of the person at the entrance; (ii) a proximity sensor for detecting the person at the entrance; (iii) a microphone that receives audio from the person at the entrance; (iv) an RF transmitter that transmits, to the software application, digital streaming video that a user of the remote peripheral device may view; (v) an RF receiver that receives audio from the remote peripheral device; and (vi) a speaker that outputs the audio received by the RF receiver. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11 further comprising: multiple communication devices, wherein the system coordinates, in response to a prompt that the person is at the entrance, the multiple communication devices using the software application. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein two of the multiple communication devices include an interior transceiver and a remote computer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the interior transceiver comprises a touch screen for receiving inputs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising: an interior transceiver comprising a video camera, wherein the remote peripheral device is configured to display video from the interior transceiver via the software application, and wherein the at least one exterior module transmits streaming video to the remote peripheral device upon detection of the person at the entrance. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein one of the multiple communication devices includes an electronic lock. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the electronic lock is actuated using an access code. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16 wherein the electronic lock can be actuated by the software application, and wherein the system records retina information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11 further comprising: an interior transceiver for streaming audio-video communications, the interior transceiver comprising (i) a video camera, (ii) a proximity sensor, (iii) a microphone, (iv) an RF transmitter, (v) an RF receiver, and (vi) a speaker. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein audio and video data is stored in a database, and wherein the database is replicated onto various storage devices in a distributed manner.