Providing Emergency Access to Surveillance Video
First Claim
1. A digital data processing system for managing access to surveillance video, comprising:
- at least one processor;
a memory;
at least one network adapter for communicating over at least one network with at least one requesting device;
a video access authorization function embodied as a plurality of instructions recordable in said memory and executable on said at least one processor, said video access authorization function accessing at least one previously recorded authorization record responsive to a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time to determine whether access by the requestor is authorized, said at least one previously recorded authorization record including a conditional authorization record specifying at least one emergency condition for granting,to a remote public authority emergency responder, real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain;
wherein, responsive to receiving a request on behalf of said public authority emergency responder to access surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time, said video access authorization function determines whether said at least one emergency condition for granting access is met, and responsive to determining that said at least one emergency condition is met, automatically authorizes real-time access by said public authority emergency responder to the requested surveillance video.
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Abstract
Real-time access by a public authority emergency responder to surveillance video of a privately-controlled source is conditionally pre-authorized dependent on the existence of at least one pre-specified emergency condition, and recorded in a data processing system. A public authority emergency responder subsequently requests real-time access to the surveillance video (e.g., during an emergency), and if the pre-specified emergency condition is met, access is automatically granted, i.e., without the need for manual intervention. A pre-specified emergency condition could, e.g., be an alarm condition detected by a sensor at the site of the video surveillance, or a declared state of emergency, properly declared by an appropriate public official.
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11 Claims
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1. A digital data processing system for managing access to surveillance video, comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory; at least one network adapter for communicating over at least one network with at least one requesting device; a video access authorization function embodied as a plurality of instructions recordable in said memory and executable on said at least one processor, said video access authorization function accessing at least one previously recorded authorization record responsive to a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time to determine whether access by the requestor is authorized, said at least one previously recorded authorization record including a conditional authorization record specifying at least one emergency condition for granting, to a remote public authority emergency responder, real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain; wherein, responsive to receiving a request on behalf of said public authority emergency responder to access surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time, said video access authorization function determines whether said at least one emergency condition for granting access is met, and responsive to determining that said at least one emergency condition is met, automatically authorizes real-time access by said public authority emergency responder to the requested surveillance video. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable media for managing access to video surveillance data, said computer program product comprising instructions executable on at least one data processing system which cause the at least one data processing system to perform:
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responsive to receiving in said at least one data processing system a request on behalf of a public authority emergency responder to access surveillance video generated by a privately-controlled surveillance domain in real-time, (a) automatically accessing a conditional authorization record in said at least one data processing system, said conditional authorization record recording at least one pre-specified emergency condition for granting real-time access by said public authority emergency responder to surveillance video generated by said privately-controlled surveillance domain, and (b) automatically determining whether said at least one pre-specified emergency condition for granting access is met; and responsive to determining that said at least one pre-specified emergency condition is met, automatically authorizing real-time access by said public authority emergency responder to the requested surveillance video. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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