Smart Doorbell Security System and Method to Identify Visitors

• US 20120044049A1
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samir Vig, Shamila Vig
• Original Assignee: Samir Vig, Shamila Vig
• Inventors: Vig, Samir, Vig, Shamila
• Application Number:
  US12/861,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20120044049A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.82
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A device and method to identify visitors and notify the resident of the identified information of the visitor before the resident opens the door for the visitor. The device reads/scans the fingerprint of the visitor as they activate the Smart Doorbell Switch by pressing the Smart Doorbell Switch with their finger, preferably their thumb. Identifying information associated with the scanned fingerprint is retrieved and announced for the Resident. The visitor'"'"'s fingerprint is also checked with an Alert Database to check if there is an alert tied to the fingerprint. If so, the appropriate authorities will be contacted and the resident will be alerted.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A method for informing resident of a property identified information of a visitor comprising:

activation of a smart doorbell switch by the visitor wherein activation is done by the visitor pressing their finger on the smart doorbell switch;

said smart doorbell switch scans and captures fingerprint image of the visitor;

said smart doorbell switch transmits the fingerprint image to the Smart doorbell;

said smart doorbell identifies the received fingerprint image;

if the received fingerprint image is identified, said Smart doorbell retrieves and plays identified visitor information for the resident; and

if the received fingerprint image is not identified, said smart doorbell plays default message for the resident.

5. the method of claim 4 further comprising:

if visitor is identified to be in an alert database, said smart doorbell transmits alert information to appropriate authority;

said smart doorbell plays alert message for the resident.

6. the method of claim 4 further comprising:

if the received fingerprint image is not identified, said smart doorbell transmits received finger print image of the visitor to central server;

said central server identifies the received finger print image of the visitor;

if the received fingerprint image is identified, said central server retrieves and transmits visitor identifying information to the Smart doorbell;

said smart doorbell plays the received identifying visitor information for the resident; and

if the received fingerprint image is not identified, said central server transmits default visitor identifying information to the Smart doorbell;

said smart doorbell plays received default visitor identifying information for the resident.

7. the method of claim 4 further comprising:

if the received fingerprint image is not identified, said Smart doorbell plays default message for the resident.

if the received fingerprint image is identified, said smart doorbell determines if there is any message for the identified visitor

if there is message for the identified visitor, said smart doorbell retrieves and transmits the message for the identified visitor to the smart doorbell Switch

said Smart doorbell Switch plays the received message for the visitor

8. the method of claim 7 further comprising:

if the visitor wants to leave a message for the resident, said visitor leaves visitor leave the message, for the resident using the smart doorbell switch;

said smart doorbell switch transmits the received message from the visitor to the smart doorbell;

said resident listens to the message left for the resident by the visitor by retrieving it from the smart doorbell.

9. the method of claim 4 further comprising:

said smart doorbell switch transmits the captured finger print image of the visitor and the Smart doorbell information to the central server;

said central server determines if the received finger print image is in the Alert Database and retrieves available information associated with the received finger print image;

if the received fingerprint image of the visitor is in the alert database, said central server transmits alert information to the appropriate authority;

central server transmits alert message to the Smart doorbell associated with the Smart doorbell Switch;

smart doorbell plays the received alert message for the resident;

if the received finger print image is not in the alert database, said central server identifies the received fingerprint image of the visitor;

if the received fingerprint image of the visitor is identified, said central server retrieves and transmits visitor identifying information to the Smart doorbell;

said Smart doorbell plays the received identifying visitor information for the resident; and

if the received fingerprint image of the visitor is not identified, said central server transmits default visitor identifying information to the Smart doorbell;

said Smart doorbell plays received default visitor identifying information for the resident.