PHOTOGRAPHING AND AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING OF A PARTY WHILE BEING SERVED WITH LEGAL PAPERS

• US 20120262557A1
• Filed: 02/03/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steven Friedland
• Original Assignee: Steven Friedland
• Inventors: Friedland, Steven
• Application Number:
  US13/365,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262557A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8211 the additional signal being a sound signal H04N9/835 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and various apparatus are disclosed relating to employing audio/visual recording equipment to make a record of the act of serving official papers on an individual. The act of recording may be concealed and the recorded content may be used commercially or for official purposes.

Claims

1. A method comprising the steps of:

obtaining official documents;

receiving a request to photographically record service of the official documents upon an individual or entity;

employing a service person to visit the individual or a person representing the entity;

concealing upon the service person an audio/visual recording device;

enabling the recording device to begin making an audio and/or visual record;

during operation of the recording device and within the recording range of such device, serving the official papers upon the individual or person representing the entity; and

after serving the official papers, disabling the recording device such that it is no longer making a audio/visual record.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the record is digital.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the record is stored in a memory housed with the audio/visual recording device.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of wirelessly transmitting the stored record to a remote location.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of making the record available through the Internet.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of providing access to the record in exchange for compensation.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of monetizing the record'"'"'s presence on the Internet through advertising.

8. A method comprising the steps of:

making a record of a person being served with official papers, wherein the record comprises at least digitized audio or video content;

transmitting the record to a remote storage;

adapting the record for use on a website;

making the adapted record available on a website; and

commercializing access to the video.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the record is initially stored in a memory housed with an audio/visual recording device that is employed to make the recording.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the record is transmitted to the remote storage wirelessly.