Doorbell communication systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method of using a doorbell having a visitor detection system that comprises a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector, the method comprising:
- recording, via the camera, video data that represents a video;
recording, via the microphone, audio data that represents audio;
transmitting at least a portion of the video data and at least a portion of the audio data to a remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell;
transmitting the video data and the audio data to a remote server that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell; and
pausing transmitting, via TCP, the video data and the audio data to the remote server in response to exceeding a predetermined transmission capacity between the doorbell and at least one of the remote computing device and the remote server being less than a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a doorbell having a visitor detection system that can comprise at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector. The method for using the doorbell can comprise recording, via the camera, video data that represents a video. The method can also comprise recording, via the microphone, audio data that represents audio. The method of using the doorbell can comprise transmitting at least a portion of the video data and at least a portion of the audio data, to a remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell. The method can also comprise transmitting the video data and the audio data to a remote server that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of using a doorbell having a visitor detection system that comprises a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector, the method comprising:
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recording, via the camera, video data that represents a video; recording, via the microphone, audio data that represents audio; transmitting at least a portion of the video data and at least a portion of the audio data to a remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell; transmitting the video data and the audio data to a remote server that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell; and pausing transmitting, via TCP, the video data and the audio data to the remote server in response to exceeding a predetermined transmission capacity between the doorbell and at least one of the remote computing device and the remote server being less than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A doorbell system comprising a doorbell, wherein the doorbell comprises:
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a doorbell housing; a camera coupled to the doorbell housing, the camera configurable to record video data; a microphone coupled to the doorbell housing, the microphone configurable to record audio data; a motion detector coupled to the doorbell housing, the motion detector configurable to detect a presence of a visitor; a communication transmitter coupled to the doorbell housing, the communication transmitter configurable to transmit at least a portion of the video data and at least a portion of the audio data to a remote computing device that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell, and the communication transmitter configurable to transmit the video data and the audio data to a remote server that is communicatively coupled to the doorbell, and the communication transmitter configurable to pause transmitting, via TCP, the video data and the audio data to the remote server in response to exceeding a predetermined transmission capacity between the doorbell and at least one of the remote computing device and the remote server being less than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of using a doorbell having a visitor detection system that comprises a camera, a microphone, and a motion detector, the method comprising:
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recording, via the camera, video data at a first point in time; recording, via the microphone, audio data at the first point in time; detecting, via the motion detector, a presence of a visitor at a second point in time; transmitting the video data and the audio data to at least one of a remote server and a remote computing device, wherein each of the remote server and the remote computing device are communicatively coupled to the doorbell, wherein the video data and audio data comprise continuous video and audio beginning at the first point in time until a second predetermined amount of time after the second point in time; and pausing transmitting, via TCP, the video data and the audio data to the remote server in response to exceeding a predetermined transmission capacity between the doorbell and at least one of the remote computing device and the remote server being less than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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