Method and System for Communicating in a Network

• US 20080144082A1
• Filed: 12/13/2006
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kister, Thomas F.
• Application Number:
  US11/610,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20080144082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A method and system (102) for communicating in a network (100) is provided. The method comprises receiving (204) at least one identifier associated with a communication target. The at least one identifier is received at a first communication device (102). Further, the method comprises acquiring (206) one or more images from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices connected to the network. Moreover, the method comprises comparing (208) the at least one identifier with the one or more images acquired from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices and establishing (210) communication between the first communication device and at least one other communication device connected to the network.

Claims

1. A method for directing communications within a network including a plurality of image collecting devices, the method comprising:

receiving at a first communication device connected to the network at least one identifier associated with a communication target;

acquiring one or more images from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices connected to the network;

comparing the one or more acquired images with the identifier received at the first communication device;

establishing, based upon the comparison, communications between the first communication device and at least one other communication device connected to the network and co-located with one of the plurality of image collecting devices.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication target is a specific person.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication target is a specific class of person.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting the at least one identifier, received at the first communication device, from a menu of identifiers.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at the at least one identifier received at the first communication device is an image.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices comprises at least one of a video camera, a thermal imaging sensor and a still image camera.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein acquiring the one or more images from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices connected to the network is based upon a predefined condition.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising acquiring the one or more images from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices connected to the network at a predefined interval.

9. A communication device adapted to operate within a network including a plurality of communication devices and image collecting devices, the communication device comprising:

an interface for receiving at least one identifier associated with a communication target;

a receiver for acquiring one or more images from at least one of the plurality of image collecting devices connected to the network;

a processor for comparing the acquired one or more images to the received at least one identifier; and

a means for establishing, based upon the comparison, communications between the communication device and at least one other communication device connected to the network.

10. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the communication target is a specific person.

11. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the communication target is a specific class of person.

12. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the at least one identifier received is an image.

13. The communication device of claim 12, wherein the image is collected from at least one of a video camera, a thermal imaging sensor and a still image camera.

14. The communication device of claim 10, wherein at least one identifier received is a biometric parameter.

15. The communication device of claim 14 further comprising a memory for storing one or more identifiers.