US 7,583,191 C1 (13,031st)
Security system and method for use of same
Duke W. Zinser, Garland, TX (US)
Filed by Duke W. Zinser, Garland, TX (US)
Assigned to Duke Zinser, Richardson, TX (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,542, Aug. 15, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,583,191, issued Sep. 1, 2009, Appl. No. 11/559,808, Nov. 14, 2006.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Sep. 18, 2025.
Int. Cl. G08B 13/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 25/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 25/08 (2013.01) [G08B 13/196 (2013.01); H04N 7/186 (2013.01); H04N 7/20 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 8, 14 and 19 are cancelled.
New claims 21-47 are added and determined to be patentable.
Claims 2-7, 9-13, 15-18 and 20 were not reexamined.
[ 21. A doorbell monitoring system comprising:
a doorway having an environment;
a doorbell located in an entry point, activation of the doorbell being a triggering event;
a video camera and an external microphone disposed in the entry point, the video camera and the external microphone, responsive to the triggering event, for capturing visual and audio communications at the entry point and transmitting the captured visual and audio communications;
an external speaker disposed in the entry point, the external speaker for rendering received audio communications;
a control unit in communication with the video camera, the doorbell, and the external microphone, the control unit for communicating at least one portion of the visual and audio communications received from the video camera and the external microphone, and for communicating the received audio communications to the external speaker; and
a cellular telephone disposed remotely to the doorway and the control unit, the cellular telephone for capturing cellular audio communications at the cellular telephone, transmitting the cellular audio communications to the control unit, and rendering the at least one portion of entry point visual and audio communications received from the control unit;
wherein the doorbell, the video camera, the external microphone, the external speaker, and a proximity detector are part of a single communications unit;
wherein the entry point visual and audio communications are wirelessly streamed to the control unit;
wherein the control unit is configured to store the entry point visual and audio communications captured by the single communications unit in a data storage unit of the control unit wherein a control panel is configured to allow an individual to manage a security system;
wherein an alarm system interface of the control panel is configured to interface with the security system;
wherein the video camera is configured to collect the entry point visual communications captured by the single communications unit before the triggering event;
wherein the video camera is configured to collect additional visual communications after the triggering event;
wherein the doorbell monitoring system is configured to establish communication with the control unit upon activation of the doorbell;
wherein at least a portion of an initial communication after the doorbell is activated is a notification sent to the cellular telephone; and
wherein the doorbell monitoring system is configured to authenticate a user of the doorbell monitoring system.]
[ 22. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the single communications unit is configured to stream at least a portion of the captured visual and audio communications.]
[ 23. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the single communications unit is configured to capture additional video from the video camera after the triggering event.]
[ 24. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor.]
[ 25. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 24, wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor in substantially realtime.]
[ 26. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21,
wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor in substantially realtime; and
wherein the doorbell monitoring system is configured to authenticate a user of the doorbell monitoring system.]
[ 27. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the control unit is configured to generate a file that includes at least a portion of the entry point visual and audio communications captured by the single communications unit.]
[ 28. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the cellular telephone comprises a user interface that allows user of the cellular telephone to take two or more actions after receiving at least a portion of the entry point visual and audio communications captured by the single communications unit.]
[ 29. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 28, wherein the two or more actions are at least one of (1) play a pre-recorded greeting, (2) request additional video and/or audio communications, (3) institute two-way video communications between the user and the person at the entry point, (4) notify an alarm company, or (5) selection of no action.]
[ 30. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 21, wherein the control unit further communicates captured visual and audio communications to an onsite storage device and wherein the storage device stores the captured visual and audio communications.]
[ 31. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 30, wherein the stored video and audio communications are accessible by an additional device apart from the control unit.]
[ 32. The system of claim 30, wherein the onsite storage device is configured to provide the additional device with access to the stored video and audio communications in substantially realtime.]
[ 33. The system of claim 30, wherein the control unit communicates the captured visual and audio communications to the onsite storage device via wired communication.]
[ 34. A doorbell monitoring system comprising:
a doorway having an environment;
a doorbell located in an entry point, activation of the doorbell being a triggering event;
a video camera and an external microphone disposed in the entry point, the video camera and the external microphone, responsive to the triggering event, for capturing visual and audio communications at the entry point and transmitting the captured visual and audio communications;
an external speaker disposed in the entry point, the external speaker for rendering received audio communications;
a control unit in communication with the video camera, the doorbell, and the external microphone, the control unit for communicating at least one portion of the visual and audio communications received from the video camera and external microphone, and for communicating the received audio communications to the external speaker;
a cellular telephone disposed remotely to the doorway and the control unit, the cellular telephone for capturing cellular audio communications at the cellular telephone, transmitting the cellular audio communications to the control unit, and rendering the at least one portion of entry point visual and audio communications received from the control unit; and
wherein the doorbell, the video camera, the external microphone, the external speaker, and a proximity detector are part of a single communications unit;
wherein the single communications unit is configured to play a pre-recorded message to a visitor at the entry point and wirelessly streaming at least a portion of the captured visual and audio communications to the control unit;
wherein the video camera is configured to collect the entry point visual communications before the triggering event; and
wherein the video camera is configured to collect additional visual communications after the triggering event.]
[ 35. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the single communications unit is configured to stream at least a portion of the captured visual and audio communications.]
[ 36. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the single communications unit is configured to capture additional video from the video camera after the triggering event.]
[ 37. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor.]
[ 38. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 37, wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor in substantially realtime.]
[ 39. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34,
wherein the control unit is configured to display the entry point visual and audio communications on the video monitor in substantially realtime; and
wherein the doorbell monitoring system is configured to authenticate a user of the doorbell monitoring system.]
[ 40. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the control unit further comprises a data storage unit wherein the control unit is configured to store the entry point visual and audio communications in the data storage unit of the control unit.]
[ 41. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the control unit is configured to generate a file that includes at least a portion of the entry point visual and audio communications captured by the single communications unit.]
[ 42. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the cellular telephone comprises a user interface that allows user of the cellular telephone to take two or more actions after receiving at least a portion of the entry point visual and audio communications captured by the single communications unit.]
[ 43. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 42, wherein the two or more actions are at least one of (1) play a pre-recorded greeting, (2) request additional video and/or audio communications, (3) institute two-way video communications between the user and the person at the entry point, (4) notify an alarm company, or (5) selection of no action.]
[ 44. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the control unit further communicates captured visual and audio communications to an onsite storage device and wherein the storage device stores the captured visual and audio communications.]
[ 45. The doorbell monitoring system of claim 44, wherein the stored video and audio communications are accessible by an additional device apart from the control unit.]
[ 46. The system of claim 44, wherein the onsite storage device is configured to provide the additional device with access to the stored video and audio communications in substantially realtime.]
[ 47. The system of claim 45, wherein the control unit communicates the captured visual and audio communications to the onsite storage device via wired communication.]