US 12,394,284 B2
Auto ring notification to nested smoke audio receiver
Liangju Li, Shanghai (CN); Zida Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Kun Yang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Resideo LLC, Golden Valley, MN (US)
Appl. No. 18/261,869
Filed by RESIDEO LLC, Golden Valley, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/072843
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/155808, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078879 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G08B 17/10 (2006.01); H04M 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 3/10 (2013.01) [G08B 17/10 (2013.01); H04M 11/025 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a doorbell at an exterior of a premises, the doorbell comprising:
a doorbell housing,
a button at the doorbell housing, the button configured to be actuated by a visitor to the premises,
a doorbell wireless transceiver at the doorbell housing,
a doorbell speaker at the doorbell housing and coupled to the doorbell wireless transceiver, and
a doorbell microphone at the doorbell housing and coupled to the doorbell wireless transceiver; and
a smoke detector at an interior of the premises, the smoke detector comprising:
a smoke detector housing,
a smoke detector wireless transceiver at the smoke detector housing,
a smoke detector speaker at the smoke detector housing and coupled to the smoke detector wireless transceiver, and
a smoke detector microphone at the smoke detector housing and coupled to the smoke detector wireless transceiver,
wherein the smoke detector wireless transceiver is configured to be in two-way audio communication with the doorbell wireless transceiver such that i) the doorbell wireless transceiver transmits audio from the doorbell microphone to the smoke detector wireless transceiver and receives audio from the smoke detector microphone via the smoke detector wireless transceiver, and ii) the smoke detector wireless transceiver transmits audio from the smoke detector microphone to the doorbell wireless transceiver and receives audio from the doorbell microphone via the doorbell wireless transceiver, wherein the two-way audio communication between the smoke detector wireless transceiver and the doorbell wireless transceiver is established as a result of the visitor actuating the button, wherein upon the visitor actuating the button, the doorbell wireless transceiver transmits a link request signal to the smoke detector wireless transceiver.