Cellular Phone Data Streaming for Surveillance and Personal Security

• US 20100099461A1
• Filed: 10/22/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: X-Tel Communications, Inc.
• Original Assignee: X-Tel Communications, Inc.
• Inventors: Richie, James, Rahfaldt, James
• Application Number:
  US12/256,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20100099461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A cellular phone having means for streaming and storing audio, video and photographic data at a remote host for the purposes of personal security and surveillance is disclosed. A cellular phone having a camera, a microphone, a panic trigger, and means for communicating with a wireless network may be used to capture and stream audio, video and photographic data to at least one host of the wireless network. The host may simultaneously provide live streaming audio, video and photographic data to anyone granted access to the host and remotely store the data for future access. Methods and systems for enabling a cellular phone to stream and remotely store captured audio, video and photographic data are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for streaming at least one of audio, video and photographic data for personal security and surveillance, comprising the steps of:

providing a cellular phone with a camera for capturing video and photographic data, a microphone for capturing audio data, a panic trigger for activating the camera and the microphone, and means for communicating with a wireless network, the wireless network communicating with at least one host with a memory;

engaging the panic trigger;

activating the camera;

streaming at least one of the video and photographic data to the host through the wireless network; and

storing at least one of the video and photographic data on the memory at the host.

2. The method for streaming of claim 1, wherein the step of activating the camera also activates the microphone.

3. The method for streaming of claim 2, wherein the step of streaming at least one of the video and photographic data also streams the audio data to the host through the wireless network.

4. The method for streaming of claim 3, wherein the step of storing at least one of the video and photographic data also stores the audio data on the memory of the host.

5. The method for streaming of claim 1, further comprising the step of notifying authorities of a possible emergency.

6. The method for streaming video of claim 1, further comprising the step of activating a global positioning system to provide cellular phone location information to the host.

7. A cellular phone data streaming device for personal security and surveillance, comprising:

a camera for capturing video and photographic data;

a microphone for capturing audio data;

a panic trigger for activating the camera; and

means for communicating with a wireless network, the wireless network communicating with at least one host with a memory, the means for communicating streaming at least one of the video and photographic data to the at least one host while the panic trigger is on.

8. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7, wherein the panic trigger also activates the microphone.

9. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 8, wherein the means for communicating provides streaming audio to the at least one host while the panic trigger is on.

10. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7, wherein the video and photographic data is stored on a memory of the cellular phone.

11. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7, wherein the host automatically stores the streaming video and photographic data on the memory thereof.

12. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7, wherein the host automatically notifies authorities of a possible emergency.

13. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7 further comprising a global positioning system.

14. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 13, wherein the panic trigger activates the global positioning system providing cellular phone location information to the host.

15. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 7, wherein the panic trigger is activated by voice command.

16. A cellular phone data streaming system for personal security and surveillance, comprising:

a cellular phone, the cellular phone comprising a camera for capturing video data, a microphone for capturing audio data, a panic trigger for activating the camera and the microphone;

at least one host with a memory; and

a wireless network, the wireless network streaming the video and audio data to the at least one host while the panic trigger is on.

17. The cellular phone data streaming system of claim 16, wherein the host automatically stores the streaming video and audio data on the memory.

18. The cellular phone data streaming device of claim 16, wherein the host automatically notifies authorities of a possible emergency.

19. The cellular phone data streaming system of claim 16, wherein the panic trigger activates a global positioning system providing cellular phone location information to the host.

20. The cellular phone data streaming system of claim 16, wherein the camera also captures photographic images.