Wireless speaker devices for wireless audio/video recording and communication devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337614-A1
Application number	US-201615217741-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Jul 17, 2013
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless A/V recording and communication device, such as a doorbell. The wireless speaker device, which includes a speaker, may connect to the user's local area network (LAN), such as a Wi-Fi network. The LAN is connected to a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet and/or a public switched telephone network (PSTN). When the wireless A/V recording and communication device detects a visitor, it sends a signal, via the LAN, to at least one device in the WAN, such as a server and/or a service. In response, the at least one device in the WAN sends a signal, via the LAN, to the wireless speaker device. The signal to the wireless speaker device includes a command for the wireless speaker device to emit a tone through its speaker. The wireless speaker device then emits a tone through its speaker to alert the user that a visitor is at the wireless A/V recording and communication device. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless repeater configured to receive a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcast the wireless signal. The wireless speaker device may further include a wireless communication module configured to transmit data wirelessly to and/or receive data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct connection to the another wireless device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless audio/video (AN) recording and communication device, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the wireless speaker device comprising:
a wireless communication module including a wireless repeater configured to receive a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcast the wireless signal; and a speaker; wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device; and wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to emit the tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device in response to receiving the tone signal including the command.

2 . The wireless speaker device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless speaker device is further configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, the tone signal in response to the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

3 . The wireless speaker device of claim 2 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button, and wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

4 . The wireless speaker device of claim 2 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector, and wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

5 . The wireless speaker device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

6 . The wireless speaker device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.

7 . A method for communicating among a wireless audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device, a wireless speaker device including a speaker and a wireless repeater, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the method comprising:
the wireless repeater receiving a wireless signal from the one or more LAN devices and rebroadcasting the wireless signal; the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device; and the one or more WAN devices transmitting to the wireless speaker device, via the one or more LAN devices, in response to receiving the visitor detection signal, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

12 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device a first alert signal and a first video signal, the first video signal including images captured by a camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising the one or more WAN devices transmitting to a client device, in response to receiving the first alert signal and the first video signal, a second alert signal and a second video signal, the second video signal including the images captured by the camera of the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the client device is a smartphone.

15 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

16 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more network services.

17 . A wireless speaker device configured for use with a wireless audio/video (AN) recording and communication device, a local area network (LAN) including one or more LAN devices, and a wide area network (WAN) including one or more WAN devices, the wireless speaker device comprising:
a wireless communication module configured to transmit data wirelessly to and/or receive data wirelessly from another wireless device, independently of the LAN, via a direct wireless connection to the another wireless device; and a speaker; wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, a tone signal, the tone signal including a command to the wireless speaker device to emit a tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device; and wherein the wireless speaker device is configured to emit the tone from the speaker of the wireless speaker device in response to receiving the tone signal including the command.

18 . The wireless speaker device of claim 17 , wherein the wireless speaker device is further configured to receive from the one or more WAN devices, via the one or more LAN devices and via the wireless communication module of the wireless speaker device, the tone signal in response to the one or more WAN devices receiving from the wireless A/V recording and communication device, via the one or more LAN devices, a visitor detection signal, the visitor detection signal indicating that a visitor has been detected at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

19 . The wireless speaker device of claim 18 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device comprises a wireless A/V recording and communication doorbell including a button, and wherein the visitor detection signal comprises a button press signal indicating that the doorbell button has been pressed.

20 . The wireless speaker device of claim 18 , wherein the wireless A/V recording and communication device further comprises a motion detector, and wherein the visitor detection signal is received in response to the motion detector detecting motion at the wireless A/V recording and communication device.

21 . The wireless speaker device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more WAN devices comprises one or more servers.

22 . The wireless speaker device of claim 17 , wherei

Assignees

• Bot Home Automation Inc

Inventors

• Siminoff James
• Roth Joshua
• Aoe Andy
• Phillips Trevor
• Sacre Spiro

Classifications

• H04N7/186

  Video door telephones · CPC title

• H04N7/148 Primary

  Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• G08B1/00

  Systems for signalling characterised solely by the form of transmission of the signal · CPC title

• H04L12/2869

  Operational details of access network equipments (admission control or resource allocation in access networks H04L12/5692) · CPC title