Communication and monitoring system
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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, real-time streaming digital video of the person at the entrance recorded using a wireless device 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 comprising a cell phone by which a user of the remote peripheral device may view the real-time streaming digital video of the person at the entrance;
wherein said detecting of step (a) comprises using the wireless device comprising a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a video camera, a keypad having one or more buttons, and a playing component that records audio and video communication from the person at the entrance;
wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting, through the internet, real-time streaming digital video wirelessly.
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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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30 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, real-time streaming digital video of the person at the entrance recorded using a wireless device 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 comprising a cell phone by which a user of the remote peripheral device may view the real-time streaming digital video of the person at the entrance; wherein said detecting of step (a) comprises using the wireless device comprising a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a video camera, a keypad having one or more buttons, and a playing component that records audio and video communication from the person at the entrance; wherein said transmitting of step (b) comprises transmitting, through the internet, real-time streaming digital video wirelessly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A detection and viewing system comprising:
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a wireless device comprising a video camera, a speaker, a microphone, and a keypad having one or more buttons, wherein the wireless device is operable to wirelessly transmit real-time digital streaming video; 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 real-time digital streaming video data, wherein said computer is configured for communication with each of said at least one peripheral devices to transmit the digital real-time 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 (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. 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 real-time streaming video is transmitted wirelessly by a wireless device comprising a camera, a microphone, a proximity detector, a speaker, and a keypad having one or more buttons, the wireless device located proximate the entrance; (b) receiving video wirelessly on said remote peripheral device from the wireless device located proximate an entrance upon detection of a person at an entrance by the proximity detector; 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 from said camera. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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