Light socket cameras
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies, Inc.
InventorJoseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
A security system can be used to trigger appliances. The security system can comprise a light socket camera that can be rotatably attached to a light socket of a building. The light socket camera can receive an audible instruction from a user, and in response to receiving the audible instruction from the user, the security system can trigger the appliance to perform an operation.
Claims20
A method of using a light socket surveillance system to trigger an appliance that is communicatively coupled to the light socket surveillance system, wherein the light socket surveillance system includes a camera, a speaker, a microphone, and a screw thread contact configurable to rotatably attach to a light socket of a building, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the microphone, an audible message spoken by a user, wherein the audible message comprises an instruction to perform an operation with the appliance;
- in response to receiving the audible message,
- performing the operation with the appliance.
A method of using a light socket surveillance system to perform an operation with a television that is communicatively coupled to the light socket surveillance system, wherein the light socket surveillance system includes a camera, a speaker, a microphone, and a screw thread contact configurable to rotatably attach to a light socket of a building, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the microphone, an audible message from a user, wherein the audible message comprises an instruction to change a channel of the television;
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- in response to receiving the audible message, changing the channel of the television.
A method of using a first light socket surveillance system to trigger a second light socket surveillance system that is communicatively coupled to the first light socket surveillance system, wherein each of the first light socket surveillance system and the second light socket surveillance system includes a camera, a speaker, a microphone, and a screw thread contact configurable to rotatably attach to a respective light socket of a building, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the microphone, an audible message from a user, wherein the audible message comprises an instruction to perform an operation with the second light socket surveillance system;
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- in response to receiving the audible message, performing the operation with the second light socket surveillance system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.