Doorbell System Community Security via Server Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing doorbell systems do not efficiently share visitor information among multiple doorbells, limiting the ability to monitor and secure multiple entry points simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A doorbell system that allows data sharing among multiple doorbells through a user group, enabling users to selectively share visitor information, including pictures and traits, across remote computing devices without direct communication between doorbells.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If doorbells share visitor information through a user group, then community security and monitoring capability are improved, but system complexity and data management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates communication between multiple doorbells and remote computing devices. The server receives visitor information from doorbells, manages user group memberships, and distributes relevant information to authorized devices. This intermediary architecture enables community-wide security monitoring without requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between doorbells, thereby improving reliability while managing system complexity through centralized coordination.
2Ease of operation
If doorbells selectively share visitor information, then user privacy control is improved, but information sharing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic information sharing where the server and remote computing devices determine in real-time whether to share visitor information based on user preferences, visitor traits, and community needs. Users can dynamically adjust their privacy settings and select which types of visitor information to share. The system dynamically routes information based on relevance, ensuring that only appropriate information is shared with authorized devices. This dynamic approach maintains user privacy control while preserving sharing efficiency by avoiding unnecessary data transmission.
3Loss of information
If multiple remote computing devices receive visitor alerts, then community awareness is improved, but network traffic and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing information distribution based on the specific needs and characteristics of each remote computing device and user. The server analyzes user profiles, device capabilities, and community roles to determine which devices receive which types of visitor information. For example, security-focused users may receive all visitor alerts, while other users receive only information about suspicious visitors or those matching specific criteria. This selective, localized approach improves community awareness by ensuring relevant information reaches appropriate devices while minimizing unnecessary network traffic and energy consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
Doorbells can send data to each other to enable a first doorbell user to warn a second doorbell user regarding a suspicious visitor. A first user can indicate a first trait of a visitor via a first remote computing device. The first user can create a user group to enable the members of the user group to use their doorbells to take pictures of suspicious visitors and to send the pictures of the suspicious visitors to other members of the user group.