Street watch

• US 10,522,013 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2016
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gordon-Carroll, Clint Huson, Hwang, Jungtaik, Peacock, Alen, Barnett, Douglas, Baugh, Casey, Watabe, Foster, Robertson, Bryant
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Davoud A
• Application Number:
  US15/371,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20170337790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/71 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/003 Signalling to neighbouring houses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Apparatuses, techniques, and methods for a security and/or automation system are described. In some cases, methods may include receiving, from a first device at a first location, a request to access data associated with a time period from a second device at a second location, the data comprising at least one of audio data, visual data, or a combination thereof, receiving, from the first device, a category associated with the request, identifying a first set of data associated with the time period, the identified first set of data based at least in part on the request and the category, and automatically transmitting the first set of data to the first device based at least in part on the category.

Claims

1. A method for security or automation systems, comprising:

receiving, from a first device at a first location, a request to access data captured during a time period by a second device at a second location, the data comprising at least one of audio data, visual data, or a combination thereof, wherein the data captured during the time period comprises data captured between a start time and an end time, the end time being prior to a time of receiving the request;

receiving, from the first device, a category associated with the request;

identifying a first set of data captured during the time period, the identified first set of data based at least in part on the request, the time period, and the category;

adjusting a first security action at the second location based at least in part on comparing the first set of data with a second set of data from the first device at the first location; and

automatically transmitting the first set of data to the first device based at least in part on the category and the adjusting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device comprises a camera.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining from a third device, the data captured during the time period at the second device, wherein identifying the first set of data is based at least in part on the data obtained from the third device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining the data captured during the time period comprises:

obtaining the data from a database associated with a pre-determined group of devices.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining that the first device and the second device are part of the pre-determined group of devices operating in a network, wherein transmitting the first set of data is based at least in part on the determination.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the pre-determined group of devices comprise a plurality of cameras.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

defining the pre-determined group of devices based at least in part on a geographic proximity of each of the pre-determined group of devices to the first location, or the second location, or both, wherein the first location and the second location are in different physical structures.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first set of data captured during the time period comprises:

receiving, from the first device, an inquiry associated with an object, or a person, or both; and

confirming an identity of the object, the person, or both based at least in part on the first set of data and the inquiry.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

determining that the category satisfies a pre-determined threshold associated with the second device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the category associated with the request comprises:

receiving a notification indicating the category based at least in part on the determination.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the pre-determined threshold is defined by a user associated with the second device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein automatically transmitting the first set of data to the first device is based at least in part on the determination.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting an instruction to adjust the first security action at the first location based at least in part on the first set of data; and

adjusting a second security action at the second location based at least in part on the first set of data.

14. A method for security or automation systems, comprising:

determining that a first device at a first location and a second device at a second location are part of a pre-determined group of devices operating in a network;

creating, at the first device, a request to access data captured during a time period, the data being captured by the second device, and the data comprising at least one of audio data, visual data, or a combination thereof, wherein the data captured during the time period comprises data captured between a start time and an end time, the end time being prior to a time of receiving the request;

identifying a category associated with the request;

adjusting a first security action at the second location based at least in part on comparing a first set of data captured during the time period and a second set of data from the first device at the first location; and

transmitting the request and the category associated with the request to the second device and the adjusting.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting an inquiry associated with an object, or a person, or both;

receiving, in response to the inquiry, a first set of data from the second device; and

confirming an identity of the object, the person, or both based at least in part on the first set of data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein transmitting the request comprises transmitting the inquiry.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an instruction to adjust the first security action at the first location based at least in part on the identity.

18. An apparatus for remotely monitoring a plurality of distributed remote storage devices, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to;

receive, from a first device at a first location, a request to access data captured during a time period by a second device at a second location, the data comprising at least one of audio data, visual data, or a combination thereof, wherein the data captured during the time period comprises data captured between a start time and an end time, the end time being prior to a time of receiving the request;

receive, from the first device, a category associated with the request;

identify a first set of data captured during the time period, the identified first set of data based at least in part on the request, the time period, and the category;

adjust a first security action at the second location based at least in part on comparing the first set of data with a second set of data from the first device at the first location; and

automatically transmit the first set of data to the first device based at least in part on the category and the adjusting.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second device comprises a camera.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

obtain from a third device, the data captured during the time period at the second device, wherein identifying the first set of data is based at least in part on the data obtained from the third device.