Visitor options at an entryway to a smart-home
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1. A method of handling a visitor at an entryway to a structure of a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising:
- detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the entryway to the structure of the smart environment using a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices;
analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the first smart device; and
based on the analyzing, providing feedback from the computing system to the visitor via a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein;
the feedback comprises an option message indicative of at least one option available to the visitor;
the second smart device is an entryway interface smart device positioned at the entryway to the structure of the smart environment;
the entryway interface smart device comprises;
an output component; and
a doorbell component;
the providing the feedback comprises indicating with the output component that the doorbell component is now enabled for receiving a visitor interaction, in response to which the second smart device will notify an occupant of the smart environment that the visitor is at the smart environment; and
the method further comprises, prior to the providing the feedback, while the doorbell component is not enabled for receiving any visitor interaction, indicating with the output component that the doorbell component is not enabled for receiving any visitor interaction.
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Abstract
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of handling a visitor at an entryway to a structure of a smart environment that comprises a plurality of smart devices, the method comprising:
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detecting visitor information associated with the visitor at the entryway to the structure of the smart environment using a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices; analyzing the detected visitor information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the first smart device; and based on the analyzing, providing feedback from the computing system to the visitor via a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein; the feedback comprises an option message indicative of at least one option available to the visitor; the second smart device is an entryway interface smart device positioned at the entryway to the structure of the smart environment; the entryway interface smart device comprises; an output component; and a doorbell component; the providing the feedback comprises indicating with the output component that the doorbell component is now enabled for receiving a visitor interaction, in response to which the second smart device will notify an occupant of the smart environment that the visitor is at the smart environment; and the method further comprises, prior to the providing the feedback, while the doorbell component is not enabled for receiving any visitor interaction, indicating with the output component that the doorbell component is not enabled for receiving any visitor interaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for handling a visitor at a smart environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smart devices at the smart environment; and a computing system operative to; receive visitor data from at least one sensor of a first smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the visitor data is associated with the visitor at the smart environment; determine occupancy data of the smart environment indicative of the current occupancy of the smart environment when the visitor data is received, wherein the determined occupancy data is indicative of at least one specific user being currently available at the smart environment; process at least a portion of the received visitor data in conjunction with at least a portion of the determined occupancy data; and based on the processed visitor data and based on the processed occupancy data, provide feedback from the computing system to the visitor via a second smart device of the plurality of smart devices, wherein the feedback comprises an option message indicative of at least one option available to the visitor, and wherein the option message comprises an indication that the second smart device is operative to notify the at least one specific user currently available at the smart environment that the visitor is at the smart environment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions recorded thereon for:
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detecting visitor information associated with a visitor at a smart environment using an entryway interface smart device of the smart environment; determining occupancy information that is indicative of the current occupancy of the smart environment when the visitor information is detected, wherein the current occupancy information is indicative of a first user of the smart environment being currently available but a second user of the smart environment not being currently available; analyzing the detected visitor information in combination with the determined occupancy information using a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the entryway interface smart device; and based on the analyzing, automatically providing feedback from the computing system to the visitor via another smart device of the smart environment, wherein; the feedback comprises an option message indicative of at least one option available to the visitor; the option message comprises an indication that the other smart device is operative to notify the first user but not the second user that the visitor is at the smart environment.
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