Patent ID: 8681953

Claim:
An interactive property communication system configured to communicate with a plurality of property communication devices configured for placement and communications at various premises of a plurality of subscribers, comprising: at least one computer or server including software configured to execute on a network and to control bidirectional communications with at least one or more of the plurality of property communication devices at the variety of premises, the at least one computer or server including: a communications interface configured to perform bidirectional communications with the at least one or more of the plurality of property communication devices; a subscriber database including information about the plurality of subscribers; a secure programming interface to provide limited access to the subscriber database; and a content control module adapted to programmably control content of the bidirectional communications with the one or more of the plurality of property communication devices, wherein the secure programming interface is adapted to receive content control instructions from at least some of the plurality of subscribers in the subscriber database, wherein the content control module provides individualized content management of the bidirectional communications with each subscriber of the plurality of subscribers based on the content control instructions, wherein the communications interface receives third party content from third parties and the content control module controls the third party content sent to each subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, wherein the communications interface controls communications between property communication devices at one or more premises of the various premises, wherein the at least one computer or server is configured to: allow for individualized bidirectional communications with one or more of the plurality of property communication devices at one or more individual premises; authorize, in response to input from one of the plurality of subscribers, one or more third party vendors to provide at least one advertising announcement to one or more of the plurality of subscribers; and control receipt of the at least one advertising announcement, and wherein at least one of the plurality of property communication devices is configured to: receive information related to a location of one of the subscribers on one of the premises, wherein the information is detected by at least one sensor located on the property, and control at least a portion of a handoff operation of the communication from the at least one property communication device to another of the plurality of property communication devices based on the received information.