Communication and Monitoring System
First Claim
1. A method for receiving a person at an entrance, comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting the presence of a person at the entrance;
(b) transmitting, to a computerized controller running a software application, video of the person at the entrance recorded using a camera located proximate the entrance; and
(c) providing, with the application software running at the computerized controller, a graphic user interface to a remote peripheral device by which a user of the remote peripheral device, which comprises a cell phone, may view the video of the person at the entrance;
wherein said detecting of step (a) comprises using a wireless video camera comprising a proximity sensor;
wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting digital video wirelessly using the video camera.
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Abstract
An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for receiving a person at an entrance, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting the presence of a person at the entrance; (b) transmitting, to a computerized controller running a software application, video of the person at the entrance recorded using a camera located proximate the entrance; and (c) providing, with the application software running at the computerized controller, a graphic user interface to a remote peripheral device by which a user of the remote peripheral device, which comprises a cell phone, may view the video of the person at the entrance; wherein said detecting of step (a) comprises using a wireless video camera comprising a proximity sensor; wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting digital video wirelessly using the video camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A detection and viewing system comprising:
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a wireless device comprising a camera operable to wirelessly transmit video data; a software application running on at least one peripheral device, each of said at least one peripheral devices associated with a respective user; a computer configured for wireless communication with the wireless device to receive digital video data, wherein said computer is configured for communication with each of said at least one peripheral devices to transmit the digital video data to at least one peripheral device; and wherein said peripheral device comprises a cellular phone and is configured to display the video transmitted wirelessly by the camera using the software application running on the cell phone. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for receiving a person at an entrance, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) executing a software application on a remote peripheral device comprising a cell phone that is configured to display digital video of a person located proximate an entrance wherein video is transmitted wirelessly by a wireless device comprising a camera located proximate the entrance; (b) receiving video wirelessly on said remote peripheral device from the camera located proximate an entrance; (c) providing a graphical user interface through the software application on said remote peripheral device by which a user of the remote peripheral device can view said digital video from said camera. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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