NEIGHBORHOOD CAMERA LINKING SYSTEM
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Abstract
Systems and methods for linking neighborhood cameras and recording video from cameras that monitor public areas proximate neighborhood homes are provided. Some methods can include providing a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras linked to a respective security system in a plurality of security systems, each of the plurality of security systems protecting a respective building in a plurality of buildings, detecting an alarm event in a first security system of the plurality of security systems, and responsive to detecting the alarm event in the first security system, instructing the plurality of cameras to record video of a public area proximate the respective building in the plurality of buildings protected by the respective security system in the plurality of security systems linked to each respective camera in the plurality of cameras.
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40 Claims
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21. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras linked to a respective security system in a plurality of security systems, each of the plurality of security systems protecting a respective building in a plurality of buildings; detecting an alarm event in a first security system of the plurality of security systems; and responsive to detecting the alarm event in the first security system, instructing the plurality of cameras to record video of a public area proximate the respective building in the plurality of buildings protected by the respective security system in the plurality of security systems linked to each respective camera in the plurality of cameras. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras linked to a respective security system in a plurality of security systems, each of the plurality of security systems protecting a respective building in a plurality of buildings; receiving instructions from a law enforcement user to record video; and responsive to receiving the instructions from the law enforcement user, instructing the plurality of cameras to record video of a public area proximate the respective building in the plurality of buildings protected by the respective security system in the plurality of security systems linked to each respective camera in the plurality of cameras.
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32. A system comprising:
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a transceiver; a programmable processor; and executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the transceiver is coupled to each a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras being linked to a respective security system in a plurality of security systems, each of the plurality of security systems protecting a respective building in a plurality of buildings, wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software receive, via the transceiver, a first signal from a first security system of the plurality of security systems indicative of an alarm event detected by the first security system, and wherein, responsive to the first signal, the programmable processor and the executable control software transmit, via the transceiver, a second signal to the plurality of cameras instructing the plurality of cameras to record video of a public area proximate the respective building in the plurality of buildings protected by the respective security system in the plurality of security systems linked to each respective camera in the plurality of cameras. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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