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US 9,160,987 B1Granted
Doorbell chime systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSeton Paul Kasmir, Joseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
Doorbell systems can include a doorbell and a chime. In some embodiments, the chime can be communicatively coupled to a wireless network of a building, to the doorbell, and to a remote computing device. In several embodiments, the chime facilitates communication with at least one of the doorbell, the remote computing device, and a remote sensor.
Claims30
A method of using a doorbell system comprising a doorbell and a chime, wherein the doorbell system is configured to be coupled to a building, the method comprising:
- coupling communicatively the chime to a wireless network of the building, to the doorbell, and to a remote computing device;
- detecting, by the doorbell, a trigger of a button of the doorbell;
- sending a visitor alert from the doorbell to the chime;
- and
- sending the visitor alert from the chime to the remote computing device such that the chime communicatively couples the doorbell to the remote computing device.
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A doorbell system comprising:
- a chime;
- a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the chime;
- a doorbell communicatively coupled with the remote computing device via the chime;
- a first communication from the doorbell to the chime, wherein the first communication comprises a visitor alert;
- and
- a second communication from the chime to the remote computing device, wherein the second communication comprises the visitor alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.