Patent ID: 9648290
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for receiving a person at an entrance, said method comprising: (a) providing a software application on a remote peripheral device, comprising a cell phone, that is configured to display digital video of the person located proximate the entrance, wherein the digital video is transmitted wirelessly by an exterior device comprising a keypad, a microphone, a speaker, a proximity sensor and a battery, the exterior device located proximate the entrance; (b) receiving the digital video and audio wirelessly by the software application on the remote peripheral device from the exterior device after one or more buttons of the keypad is activated or detection by the proximity sensor occurs; (c) providing a graphical user interface through the software application on the remote peripheral device by which a user of the remote peripheral device can view the digital video and audio in real time from the exterior device and receive a message after the keypad is pressed; (d) providing live streaming video on the graphical user interface when an event occurs that is separate and apart from either pressing of the one or more buttons of the keypad or detection by the proximity sensor of the person at the entrance; (e) providing an image associated with entrance on the graphical user interface; (f) providing recorded video associated with the entrance on the graphical user interface and playing recorded video on the graphical user interface; (g) providing a defined hierarchy of storage on a remote computer for storing recorded digital video and audio; (h) storing recorded digital and audio from the exterior device pursuant to the defined hierarchy of storage; (i) displaying a time, date or any combination thereof associated with a visitor history associated with the exterior device; (j) storing video and audio data based upon a timestamp in a database; and (k) creating a redundant system of computers for execution of the database.