Multitenant video intercom door station
OwnerSascha Keller, Bernd Müllerinventors
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Abstract
A wireless, multitenant video intercom door station is provided, along with methods for operating same. A common door station may be installed near a property entry door. The common door station may be utilized to select a desired tenant, and identify one or more tenant door stations and/or tenant personal electronic devices associated with the desired tenant. Notifications may be transmitted to the tenant door stations and/or devices. A tenant may respond to the notification to initiate a video intercom session. Communications may be routed through a cloud server for recording of communication content and/or activity logging.
Claims19
A method for alerting a selected tenant to a visitor's presence in a multitenant property, the method comprising:
- interacting with a common door station, by the visitor, to identify a selected tenant from amongst a plurality of tenants associated with a multitenant property;
- searching within a directory to identify one or more tenant devices associated with the selected tenant;
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- initiating a wireless intercom connection between the common door station and an answering tenant device from amongst the one or more tenant devices associated with the selected tenant.
A door station apparatus for use in a multitenant property comprising:
- a common door station for installation proximate an entry door in a multitenant property, comprising a microprocessor-based controller, a wireless network interface and user interface components, the user interface components comprising a camera, microphone and speaker;
- a plurality of tenant door stations, the tenant door stations comprising wireless network interfaces and communicating with the common door station via a wireless packet-based data communications link, each tenant door station further comprising a display screen, speaker and microphone;
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- application logic implemented by the common door station, the application logic comprising:
- a tenant directory component enabling selection of a tenant from amongst a plurality of tenants using one or more of the common door station user interface components;
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- a communications mechanism to route video signals from the common door station camera to a display screen associated with a selected tenant door station via a wireless communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.