ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,092, issued on May 13, was assigned to SKYBELL TECHNOLOGIES IP LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Doorbell communication systems and methods" was invented by Joseph Frank Scalisi (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A doorbell system may project an illumination on a surface. The doorbell may include a housing, a button, a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a motion detector, and a light source. In some embodiments, the doorbell includes at least one lens coupled to a bottom surface of the housing adjacent the light source. The at least one lens may be configured to allow light from the light source to pass through the at least one l...