TWO-WAY AUDIO-VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR RECEIVING PERSON AT ENTRANCE
First Claim
1. A method for two-way audio-video communications between a first person at an entrance and a second person, comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting the presence of a first person at the entrance; and
(b) following detection of the presence of the first person at the entrance, providing real time audio-video communications between the first person at the entrance and a second person using a wireless handheld device by, (i) transmitting, to the wireless handheld device of the second person, video of the first person at the entrance recorded using a camera located proximate the entrance, (ii) transmitting, to the wireless handheld device of the second person, audio of the first person at the entrance recorded using a microphone located proximate the entrance, and (iii) transmitting, to a speaker located proximate the entrance for playing to the first person at the entrance, audio of the second person recorded using the wireless handheld device.
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Abstract
A method for two-way audio-video communications between a first person at an entrance and a second person comprises the steps of detecting, with a proximity sensor located proximate an entrance, the presence of a first person at the entrance and providing real time audio-video communications between the first person at the entrance and a second person using a wireless handheld device. The method includes transmitting video of the first person to the wireless handheld device of the second person, transmitting audio of the first person to the wireless handheld device of the second person, and transmitting audio of the second person to the first person at the entrance.
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1. A method for two-way audio-video communications between a first person at an entrance and a second person, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting the presence of a first person at the entrance; and
(b) following detection of the presence of the first person at the entrance, providing real time audio-video communications between the first person at the entrance and a second person using a wireless handheld device by, (i) transmitting, to the wireless handheld device of the second person, video of the first person at the entrance recorded using a camera located proximate the entrance, (ii) transmitting, to the wireless handheld device of the second person, audio of the first person at the entrance recorded using a microphone located proximate the entrance, and (iii) transmitting, to a speaker located proximate the entrance for playing to the first person at the entrance, audio of the second person recorded using the wireless handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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