Patent ID: 8937659
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G08B,G08C,H01H,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for using a doorbell system, wherein the doorbell system comprises an electronic doorbell, an electronic chime, and a remote computing device, the method comprising: obtaining the electronic doorbell that comprises a camera and a button, wherein the button is configurable to enable a visitor to sound the electronic chime, wherein the electronic chime comprises a speaker configurable to emit a notification sound in response to the visitor pressing the button of the electronic doorbell; electrically coupling an electronic switch assembly to the electronic chime; electrically coupling the electronic doorbell to the electronic switch assembly; configuring the electronic switch assembly so that a first electricity that is less than a first threshold passes through the electronic switch assembly without entering the electronic chime, wherein the first electricity does not cause the electronic chime to emit the notification sound, wherein the electronic switch assembly blocks the first electricity from passing through the electronic chime in response to the first electricity being less than the first threshold; configuring the electronic switch assembly so that the electronic switch assembly causes a second electricity that is greater than the first threshold to pass through the electronic chime to cause the electronic chime to emit the notification sound, wherein the electronic switch assembly causes the second electricity to pass through the electronic chime in response to the second electricity being greater than the first threshold; mechanically coupling the electronic switch assembly to the electronic chime; configuring an electrical circuit so that a third electricity passes from a transformer to the electronic doorbell and to the electronic switch assembly and then back to the transformer without entering the electronic chime in response to the third electricity being less than the first threshold; configuring the electrical circuit so that a fourth electricity passes from the transformer to the electronic doorbell and to the electronic switch assembly, wherein the fourth electricity is diverted from the electronic switch assembly into the electronic chime and then back into the electronic switch assembly in response to the fourth electricity being greater than the first threshold, wherein the electronic doorbell and the electronic switch assembly are in series in the electrical circuit; using the electronic switch assembly to block transformer electrical power from entering the electronic chime while the first electricity is less than the first threshold; and using the electronic switch assembly to divert the transformer electrical power from the electronic switch assembly into the electronic chime while the second electricity is greater than the first threshold.