Patent ID: 7583191

Claim:
A doorbell monitoring system comprising: a doorway having an environment; a doorbell located in the doorway, the ringing of the doorbell being a triggering event; a video camera and an external microphone disposed in the entry point, the video camera and external microphone, responsive to the triggering event, for capturing entry point visual and audio communications at the entry point and transmitting the captured entry point visual and audio communications; an external speaker disposed in the entry point, the external speaker for rendering received cellular audio communications; a control unit disposed in communication with the video camera, the doorbell, and the external microphone, the control unit for communicating at least one portion of the entry point visual and audio communications received from the video camera and external microphone, and for communicating the received cellular audio communications to the external speaker; and a cellular telephone disposed remotely to the doorway and the control unit, the cellular telephone for capturing cellular audio communications at the cellular telephone, transmitting the cellular audio communications to the control unit, and rendering the at least one portion of entry point communications received from the control unit.