METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNLOCKING/LOCKING A DOOR AND ENABLING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS WITH A DOOR SECURITY SYSTEM VIA A SMART PHONE

摘要

A method and computer program product for operating a doorbell security system. The method may include receiving a doorbell press event signal and sending a doorbell press event notification to at least one mobile computing device. The method may further include opening a video channel connection and an open but disabled audio channel to the mobile computing device. The end user may view a visitor at the door of the doorbell security system before determining whether to enable the audio channel.

主权项

1. A doorbell security system for providing a client user surveillance and communication with a visitor at a door, comprising:
a doorbell configured to provide a triggered doorbell signal event; a video camera coupled to the doorbell and configured to capture video of the visitor at the door, wherein the video camera establishes a live video feed transmitted to a mobile computing device via a session initiation protocol (SIP) or voice over internet protocol (VoIP) connection in response to the doorbell signal event being triggered; and an intercom coupled to the doorbell, the intercom configured to maintain an audio channel disabled during the live video feed until the client user activates the audio channel for communication with the visitor.