Context Aware Doorbell System Prioritizing Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern doorbell systems lack the ability to prioritize alerts and audio/video data distribution to user devices based on user availability and preferences, leading to unnecessary notifications for busy or occupied users.
Innovation Solution
A doorbell system integrated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) and wide area network (WAN), featuring a controller that receives user engagement indications and prioritizes alerts and monitoring data distribution to user devices based on parameters such as schedules, sleep settings, geo-location, and care settings, ensuring that only relevant users receive notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If doorbell systems send notifications to all registered user devices, then all users are informed of doorbell activation, but users who are busy or occupied receive unnecessary notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by checking user availability status (schedule, sleep setting, geo-location) before sending notifications. The controller determines whether a user is available to receive notifications based on pre-established criteria, and only sends alerts to available users, preventing unnecessary interruptions to occupied users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by customizing notification delivery to individual users based on their specific availability status. Each user receives notifications according to their personal conditions (schedule constraints, sleep settings, location), creating differentiated notification behavior tailored to each user's current state rather than uniform notification delivery.
2Adaptability or versatility
If doorbell systems notify all household members, then all users are kept informed, but specific users cannot control who receives priority notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamics by allowing priority levels and notification preferences to change over time based on user availability status. The controller dynamically adjusts which users receive notifications and at what priority levels according to real-time conditions such as schedules, sleep settings, and geo-location, rather than using static notification rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies self-service by enabling users to configure their own notification preferences, schedules, and availability settings without requiring system administrator intervention. Users can set their own priority levels, designate when they are unavailable, and manage their notification preferences independently through the system interface.
3Loss of information
If doorbell systems send audio/video data to all user devices, then complete monitoring is provided, but bandwidth and processing resources are wasted on unnecessary transmissions
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only the necessary monitoring data to relevant users. Instead of sending complete audio/video streams to all registered devices, the controller identifies which users are available and need the information, then extracts and transmits only those specific notifications, reducing unnecessary network resource consumption.
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AI summary
A doorbell system includes a doorbell located within a wireless local area network (WLAN) and communicatively connected to a wireless wide area network (WAN), a number of user devices communicatively connected to the WAN, and a controller. The doorbell includes an activation element and a monitoring element. The controller is configured to receive an indication of a user engaging the activation element of the doorbell and to select at least one of the user devices for display of an alert based on a priority status of the user devices. The system may alter or update the priority status of the user devices based on a user-dependent parameter of the priority devices, such as the users' schedules, sleep status, geo-location, or status as a caregiver.