Intercom system controlling method

• US 8,760,270 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hou-Hsien, Lee, Chang-Jung, Lo, Chih-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US13/245,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20120161947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 340/311.2, 340/5.26, 340/5.7, 340/3.1, 340/528, 340/531, 340/286.02, 340/286.06, 340/286.11, 379/167.01, 379/159, 455/90.2, 455/187.1, 348/155, 348/441
• US Class Current: 340/311.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

An intercom system controlling method stores intercom system location information in an electronic device, and sets a reply interface which is displayed on a screen to provide alert messages and operable buttons regarding different communication statuses between the electronic device and an intercom system, which has an outdoor installed at an entrance of a building and an indoor intercom installed with the building. After receiving a request data packet that is generated and sent by a network device of the intercom system, the method displays the intercom system location information, the alert messages and operable buttons of a waiting-for communication status on the reply interface.

Claims

1. An intercom system controlling method being performed by execution of computer readable program code by a processor of an electronic device, the method comprising:

storing intercom system location information in a storage device of the electronic device, wherein;

the intercom system location information comprises addresses and place names of buildings that comprise an intercom system, the intercom system comprising an indoor intercom positioned within a building, an outdoor intercom positioned at an entrance of the building, and an IP address of a network device of the intercom system;

setting a reply interface, displayed on a screen of the electronic device, to provide different alert messages and operable buttons regarding different communication statuses between the intercom system and the electronic device;

receiving a request data packet of a request to establish communication with the electronic device, wherein the request data packet is generated and sent by the network device of the intercom system, the request data packet comprising the IP address of the network device and a network address of the electronic device; and

displaying the intercom system location information associated with an IP address of the network device contained in the request data packet, and corresponding alert messages and operable buttons on the reply interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the different communication statuses between the intercom system and the electronic device comprise a waiting-for communication status before the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication, and a communication status after the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the operable buttons comprise buttons regarding the waiting-for communication status that allow the user to accept or refuse the request to establish the communication.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

establishing the communication between the intercom system and the electronic device to enter into the communication status, in response that the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication; and

receiving audio data and video data of a visitor positioned at the entrance of the building which are captured and sent by the outdoor intercom, playing the audio data and video data on the reply interface.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the operable buttons further comprise buttons regarding the communication status that allow the user to record the audio data and video data, suspend the communication, or exit the communication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request data packet is sent on condition that the outdoor intercom is activated by the visitor but receives no signal sent from the indoor intercom within a preset time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network address is an IP address or a main access control (MAC) address of the electronic device, or a phone number of the electronic device if the electronic device is a mobile phone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network device is installed with the indoor intercom or the outdoor intercom.

9. A non-transitory medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of a processor of an electronic device to perform an intercom system controlling method, the method comprising:

storing intercom system location information in a storage device of the electronic device, wherein;

the intercom system location information comprises addresses and place names of buildings that comprise an intercom system, the intercom system comprising an indoor intercom positioned within a building, an outdoor intercom positioned at an entrance of the building, and an IP address of a network device of the intercom system;

setting a reply interface, displayed on a screen of the electronic device, to provide different alert messages and operable buttons regarding different communication statuses between the intercom system and the electronic device;

receiving a request data packet of a request to establish communication with the electronic device, wherein the request data packet is generated and sent by the network device of the intercom system, the request data packet comprising the IP address of the network device and a network address of the electronic device; and

displaying the intercom system location information associated with an IP address of the network device contained in the request data packet, and corresponding alert messages and operable buttons on the reply interface.

10. The non-transitory medium of claim 9, wherein the different communication statuses between the intercom system and the electronic device comprise a waiting-for communication status before the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication, and a communication status after the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication.

11. The non-transitory medium of claim 10, wherein the operable buttons comprise buttons regarding the waiting-for communication status that allow the user to accept or refuse the request to establish the communication.

12. The non-transitory medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

establishing the communication between the intercom system and the electronic device to enter into the communication status, in response that the electronic device accepts the request to establish the communication; and

receiving audio data and video data of a visitor positioned at the entrance of the building which are captured and sent by the outdoor intercom, playing the audio data and video data on the reply interface.

13. The non-transitory medium of claim 12, wherein the operable buttons further comprise buttons regarding the communication status that allow the user to record the audio data and video data, suspend the communication, or exit the communication.

14. The non-transitory medium of claim 9, wherein the request data packet is sent on condition that the outdoor intercom is activated by the visitor but receives no signal sent from the indoor intercom within a preset time.

15. The non-transitory medium of claim 9, wherein the network address is an IP address or a main access control (MAC) address of the electronic device, or a phone number of the electronic device if the electronic device is a mobile phone.

16. The non-transitory medium of claim 9, wherein the network device is installed with the indoor intercom or the outdoor intercom.