Communication and monitoring system

• US 9,648,290 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLC
• Original Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLC
• Inventors: Carter, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Laekemariam, Yosef K
• Application Number:
  US15/239,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20170078624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 265 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1402, 348143, 348 E7086, 348156, 348 E7085, 348 E7089, 348 1401, 348 E7088, 37910206, 37916705, 37916707, 37916714
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/32 in combination with an identity check
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/33 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• 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 7/144 camera and display on the same optical axis, e.g. optically multiplexing the camera and display for eye to eye contact
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

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.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a person at an entrance, said method comprising:

(a) providing 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 the digital video is transmitted wirelessly by an exterior device comprising a keypad, a microphone, a speaker, a proximity sensor and a battery, the exterior device located proximate the entrance;

(b) receiving the digital video and audio wirelessly by the software application on the remote peripheral device from the exterior device after one or more buttons of the keypad is activated or detection by the proximity sensor occurs;

(c) providing a graphical user interface through the software application on the remote peripheral device by which a user of the remote peripheral device can view the digital video and audio in real time from the exterior device and receive a message after the keypad is pressed;

(d) providing live streaming video on the graphical user interface when an event occurs that is separate and apart from either pressing of the one or more buttons of the keypad or detection by the proximity sensor of the person at the entrance;

(e) providing an image associated with entrance on the graphical user interface;

(f) providing recorded video associated with the entrance on the graphical user interface and playing recorded video on the graphical user interface;

(g) providing a defined hierarchy of storage on a remote computer for storing recorded digital video and audio;

(h) storing recorded digital and audio from the exterior device pursuant to the defined hierarchy of storage;

(i) displaying a time, date or any combination thereof associated with a visitor history associated with the exterior device;

(j) storing video and audio data based upon a timestamp in a database; and

(k) creating a redundant system of computers for execution of the database.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing an interior device with a display screen, a microphone, a speaker, and a transceiver configured to communicate with the exterior device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating prompts, by an administrator, that define the behavior of one or more of the exterior device and the remote peripheral device; and

providing a second message associated with the exterior device on the graphical user interface based upon a second event.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

designating at least one secondary exterior device for monitoring a location that is not proximate the entrance, the at least one secondary exterior device comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, an RF receiver, an RF transmitter, and a proximity detector.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

configuring the at least one secondary exterior device to wirelessly stream digital video data to the software application.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

assigning a network designation to each secondary exterior device;

providing on the graphical user interface an image, access to recorded video, and a timestamp of an event associated with the entrance at the same time;

providing an electrical connection on the exterior device; and

displaying a notification on the graphical user interface when the proximity detector detects the presence of the person at the entrance.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

configuring a secondary interior device to wirelessly stream digital video data to the remote peripheral device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

controlling an electronically actuated lock remotely by the remote peripheral device.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

configuring the software application with multiple control settings, wherein the multiple control settings include emergency numbers that are to be called.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

deploying voice recognition capabilities.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

administering user access on the software application.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing voice input by the user on the software application such that an actuated door lock associated with the entrance can be actuated; and

receiving instructions from the exterior device on the software application executing on the peripheral device regarding an event at the entrance.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

creating various passwords for access to a database and including at least one telephone number to be called upon one or more events occurring at the entrance.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

designating a computer as the remote peripheral device.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the digital video with a time-stamp on a hard drive that communicates wirelessly with the exterior device.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

coordinating multiple communication devices to define responses to events.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

tailoring premise monitoring responses based the events of at least one of the multiple communication devices.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recording audio and video associated with the exterior device, the audio and video having a beginning timestamp.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting live streaming video from a second exterior device comprising a video camera.