Outdoor messaging display for home automation/security systems
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorEric Hieb
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Abstract
An outdoor messaging display for a home automation system can include an arrival detection device for detecting a visitor's arrival. The system can also include a display device attached near a door that is capable of displaying text to the visitor. The system can also include a home automation controller that can receive a notification from the arrival detection device indicating that a visitor has arrived or has been detected. The home automation controller can send an alert to a device of the resident indicating that the visitor has arrived or been detected. The home automation controller can receive a message from the resident and output the message to the output display for the visitor to read.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an arrival detection device capable of detecting arrival of a visitor at a premises;
- a display device attached to the premises at a door of the premises, the display device capable of displaying text to the visitor of the premises;
- and
- a home automation controller, the home automation controller being communicatively coupled to the arrival detection device and the display device, the home automation controller comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a notification from the arrival detection device indicating that a visitor has arrived at the premises;
- send an alert to a device of a resident of the premises, the alert comprising an indication that the visitor has arrived at the premises;
- receive a message from the device of the resident of the premises;
- send instructions to the display device attached to the premises comprising an output message of text for display to the visitor based on the message received from the device of the resident of the premises, the output message of text including a coupling code, the coupling code comprising a number to which the visitor can text an opt-in message;
- receive, from a mobile device of the visitor, an opt-in message using the coupling code;
- receive, from the mobile device of the visitor, a first visitor message using the coupling code;
- and
- transmit the first visitor message to the device of the resident of the premises.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, a notification from an arrival detection device indicating that a visitor has arrived at a premises;
- sending, by the controller, an alert to a device of a resident of the premises, the alert comprising an indication that the visitor has arrived at the premises;
- receiving, by the controller, a message from the device of the resident of the premises in response to the alert, the message comprising a message to display to the visitor;
- sending instructions to a display device attached to the premises at a door of the premises, the instructions comprising an output message of text for display to the visitor based on the message received from the device of the resident of the premises, the output message of text including a coupling code, the coupling code comprising a number to which the visitor can text an opt-in message;
- receive, from a mobile device of the visitor, an opt-in message using the coupling code;
- receive, from the mobile device of the visitor, a first visitor message using the coupling code;
- and
- transmit the first visitor message to the device of the resident of the premises.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.