Communication and monitoring system
DC CAFCFirst 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 software application running at the computerized controller, a graphical 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 microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, a proximity sensor and uses a keypad comprising one or more buttons to determine that the person is present at the entrance wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting digital streaming video wirelessly using the video camera;
(d) sending an alert to the cell phone that the person is present at the entrance after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance;
(e) speaking with the person at the entrance through the graphical user interface on the cell phone after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance; and
(f) listening to the person at the entrance via the cell phone through use of the graphical user interface after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance.
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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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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 software application running at the computerized controller, a graphical 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 microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, a proximity sensor and uses a keypad comprising one or more buttons to determine that the person is present at the entrance wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting digital streaming video wirelessly using the video camera; (d) sending an alert to the cell phone that the person is present at the entrance after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance; (e) speaking with the person at the entrance through the graphical user interface on the cell phone after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance; and (f) listening to the person at the entrance via the cell phone through use of the graphical user interface after the keypad is pressed by the person at the entrance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A detection and viewing system comprising:
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an exterior device located proximate a door comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, a proximity detector, and a keypad comprising one or more buttons operable to wirelessly transmit streaming video data after the keypad is pressed by a person at the door; a software application running on at least one peripheral device, wherein each of said at least one peripheral device is associated with a respective user; a computer configured for wireless communication with the exterior device to receive digital video data, wherein said computer is configured for communication with each of said at least one peripheral device to transmit the digital video data to said at least one peripheral device; and wherein said at least one peripheral device comprises a cellular phone and is configured to display the video transmitted wirelessly by the camera, receive a message from the person transmitted wirelessly by the camera, receive and display an alert transmitted wirelessly from the exterior device after pressing of the keypad by the person to the user, and speaking with the person at the door using the software application running on the cellular 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 the person located proximate the entrance wherein video is transmitted wirelessly by an exterior device comprising a keypad, a microphone, a speaker, a proximity sensor and a battery that is located proximate the entrance; (b) receiving video and audio data wirelessly on said remote peripheral device from the exterior device located proximate the entrance; and (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 and audio from said exterior device, an alert from the exterior device after pressing of the keypad, and where the graphical user interface through the software application is configured for real time video and audio transmission from the user of the cellular phone to the exterior device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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