Doorbell communities
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1. A method of using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises a first remote computing device communicatively coupled to a first doorbell having a first camera, the method comprising:
- sending a first picture, taken by the first doorbell, of a first visitor to the first remote computing device;
creating a doorbell user group comprising the first remote computing device and a second remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to a second doorbell but is not communicatively coupled to the first doorbell;
sharing the first picture of the first visitor with the doorbell user group such that the second remote computing device receives the first picture;
indicating a first trait of the first visitor via the first remote computing device, and sending the first trait and the first picture of the first visitor to a database configured to provide information regarding the first visitor to the doorbell user group; and
providing a time, at which the first visitor visited the first doorbell, to the database.
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Abstract
Doorbells can send data to each other to enable a first doorbell user to warn a second doorbell user regarding a suspicious visitor. A first user can indicate a first trait of a visitor via a first remote computing device. The first user can create a user group to enable the members of the user group to use their doorbells to take pictures of suspicious visitors and to send the pictures of the suspicious visitors to other members of the user group.
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1. A method of using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises a first remote computing device communicatively coupled to a first doorbell having a first camera, the method comprising:
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sending a first picture, taken by the first doorbell, of a first visitor to the first remote computing device; creating a doorbell user group comprising the first remote computing device and a second remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to a second doorbell but is not communicatively coupled to the first doorbell; sharing the first picture of the first visitor with the doorbell user group such that the second remote computing device receives the first picture; indicating a first trait of the first visitor via the first remote computing device, and sending the first trait and the first picture of the first visitor to a database configured to provide information regarding the first visitor to the doorbell user group; and providing a time, at which the first visitor visited the first doorbell, to the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 15, 18, 20)
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5. A method of using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises a first remote computing device communicatively coupled to a first doorbell having a first camera, the method comprising:
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sending a first picture, taken by the first doorbell, of a first visitor to the first remote computing device; creating a doorbell user group comprising the first remote computing device and a second remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to a second doorbell but is not communicatively coupled to the first doorbell; sharing the first picture of the first visitor with the doorbell user group such that the second remote computing device receives the first picture; displaying a map on the first remote computing device, wherein the map displays a second location of the second doorbell and a third location of a third doorbell; and displaying information regarding the second doorbell in response to selecting a map icon representing the second doorbell while the map icon is displayed on the first remote computing device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 19)
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10. A method of using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises a first remote computing device communicatively coupled to a first doorbell coupled to a first building and having a first camera, a second doorbell coupled to a second building, and a third doorbell coupled to a third building, the method comprising:
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sending a first picture, taken by the first doorbell, of a first visitor to the first remote computing device; creating a doorbell user group comprising the first remote computing device and a second remote computing device communicatively coupled to the second doorbell coupled to the second building; sharing a first picture of the first visitor with the doorbell user group such that the second remote computing device receives the first picture; and analyzing information collected from the first doorbell, the second doorbell, and the third doorbell, and then sending an alert in response to analytics based on the information to the doorbell user group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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