WIRELESS SPEAKER DEVICES FOR WIRELESS AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• US 20160337614A1
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bot Home Automation Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bot Home Automation Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Aoe, Andy, Phillips, Trevor, Sacre, Spiro, Siminoff, James, Roth, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 9,948,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/00 Systems for signalling characterised solely by the form of transmission of the signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2869 Operational details of access network equipments admission control or resource allocation in access networks H04L12/5692
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0291 Door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless A/V recording and communication device, such as a doorbell. The wireless speaker device, which includes a speaker, may connect to the user'"'"'s local area network (LAN), such as a Wi-Fi network. The LAN is connected to a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet and/or a public switched telephone network (PSTN). When the wireless A/V recording and communication device detects a visitor, it sends a signal, via the LAN, to at least one device in the WAN, such as a server and/or a service. In response, the at least one device in the WAN sends a signal, via the LAN, to the wireless speaker device. The signal to the wireless speaker device includes a command for the wireless speaker device to emit a tone through its speaker. The wireless speaker device then emits a tone through its speaker to alert the user that a visitor is at the wireless A/V recording and communication device. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless repeater configured to receive a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcast the wireless signal. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless communication module configured to transmit data wirelessly to and/or receive data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct connection to the another wireless device.

Claims

1. A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless audio/video (AN) recording and communication device, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the wireless speaker device comprising:

a wireless communication module including a wireless repeater configured to receive a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcast the wireless signal; and

a speaker;

wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device; and

wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to emit the tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device in response to receiving the tone signal including the command.

2. The wireless speaker device of claim 1, wherein the wireless speaker device is further configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, the tone signal in response to the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

3. The wireless speaker device of claim 2, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button, and wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

4. The wireless speaker device of claim 2, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector, and wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

5. The wireless speaker device of claim 1, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

6. The wireless speaker device of claim 1, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.

7. A method for communicating among a wireless audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, a wireless speaker device including a speaker and a wireless repeater, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the method comprising:

the wireless repeater receiving a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcasting the wireless signal;

the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device; and

the one or more WAN devices transmitting to the wireless speaker device, via the one or more LAN devices, in response to receiving the visitor detection signal, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device a first alert signal and a first video signal, the first video signal including images captured by a camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the one or more WAN devices transmitting to a client device, in response to receiving the first alert signal and the first video signal, a second alert signal and a second video signal, the second video signal including the images captured by the camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the client device is a smartphone.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.

17. A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless audio/video (AN) recording and communication device, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the wireless speaker device comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to transmit data wirelessly to and/or receive data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct wireless connection to the another wireless device; and

a speaker;

wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device; and

wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to emit the tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device in response to receiving the tone signal including the command.

18. The wireless speaker device of claim 17, wherein the wireless speaker device is further configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, the tone signal in response to the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

19. The wireless speaker device of claim 18, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button, and wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

20. The wireless speaker device of claim 18, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector, and wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

21. The wireless speaker device of claim 17, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

22. The wireless speaker device of claim 17, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.

23. A method for communicating among a wireless audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, a wireless speaker device including a speaker and a wireless communication module, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the method comprising:

the wireless communication module transmitting data wirelessly to and/or receiving data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct wireless connection to the another wireless device;

the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device; and

the one or more WAN devices transmitting to the wireless speaker device, via the one or more LAN devices, in response to receiving the visitor detection signal, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

28. The method of claim 23, further comprising the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device a first alert signal and a first video signal, the first video signal including images captured by a camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising the one or more WAN devices transmitting to a client device, in response to receiving the first alert signal and the first video signal, a second alert signal and a second video signal, the second video signal including the images captured by the camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the client device is a smartphone.

31. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

32. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.