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US 9,786,133 B2Granted
Doorbell chime systems and methods
AssigneeSkyBell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory Saul Harrison, Joseph Frank Scalisi
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Abstract
Methods for using a doorbell chime system can include detecting, by a sleep detection system, that a person is asleep; receiving a first signal, by the doorbell or the doorbell chime, in response to the sleep detection system detecting that the person is asleep; and blocking the doorbell chime from emitting a first notification sound in response to detecting, by the sleep detection system, that the person is asleep.
Claims21
A method for using a doorbell chime system comprising a doorbell, a doorbell chime, an electronic monitor, and a communication hub located remotely from the doorbell chime, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the electronic monitor, that a person is asleep;
- receiving a first signal, by the communication hub, in response to the electronic monitor detecting that the person is asleep;
- decreasing, by the system, a volume of a first notification sound emitted by the doorbell chime in response to detecting, by the electronic monitor, that the person is asleep, wherein the decreased volume is greater than 0 decibels;
- sending, by the communication hub, a modifying signal to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime in response to the communication hub receiving the first signal;
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- blocking, by at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime, the first notification sound in response to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime receiving the modifying signal.
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A doorbell system comprising:
- a doorbell;
- a doorbell chime communicatively coupled to the doorbell, the doorbell chime configured to emit a first notification sound in response to receiving a visitor indication from the doorbell;
- a communication hub communicatively coupled to the doorbell and the doorbell chime, the communication hub located remotely from the doorbell and the doorbell chime;
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- a sleep detection system communicatively coupled to the communication hub, the sleep detection system having a sensor configured to determine whether a person is asleep, wherein in response to the sleep detection system determining that the person is asleep, the doorbell chime is configured to modify the first notification sound emitted by the doorbell chime and the doorbell system is configured to decrease a volume of the first notification sound emitted by the doorbell chime such that the decreased volume is greater than 0 decibels;
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- a wireless communication from the sleep detection system to configure the doorbell system to prevent the doorbell chime from emitting the first notification sound,
- wherein the communication hub is configured to send a modifying signal to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime, and wherein at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime is configured to block the first notification sound in response to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime receiving the modifying signal.
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A doorbell system comprising:
- a doorbell;
- a doorbell chime communicatively coupled to the doorbell, the doorbell chime configured to emit a first notification sound in response to receiving a visitor indication from the doorbell;
- a communication hub communicatively coupled to the doorbell and the doorbell chime, the communication hub located remotely from the doorbell and the doorbell chime;
- a sleep detection system having a sensor configured to determine whether a person is asleep, wherein in response to the sleep detection system determining that the person is asleep, the doorbell chime is configured to modify the first notification sound emitted by the doorbell chime and the doorbell system is configured to decrease a volume of the first notification sound emitted by the doorbell chime in response to detecting, by the sensor, that the person is asleep such that the decreased volume is greater than 0 decibels;
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- a remote computing device communicatively coupled to at least one of the doorbell chime and the sleep detection system, wherein in response to the sleep detection system determining that the person is asleep, the remote computing device is configured to modify a second notification sound emitted by the remote computing device,
- wherein the communication hub is configured to send a modifying signal to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime, and wherein at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime is configured to block the first notification sound in response to at least one of the doorbell and the doorbell chime receiving the modifying signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.