Monitoring apparatus and method
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1. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the processing device receives audio information recorded by at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, is located at a vehicle, and wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle, wherein the audio information is transmitted from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
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Abstract
Monitoring apparatus and method including a processor, associated with a web site and capable of providing audio and video, which receives audio information recorded or obtained at a vehicle or premises. The processor, located remote from the vehicle or premises, receives a signal from a device located remote from the processor and the vehicle or premises. The audio information is transmitted to the device over the Internet and/or World Wide Web in response to the signal. Monitoring apparatus and method including a processor, associated with a web site, which receives video information recorded or obtained at a vehicle or premises. The processor, located remote from the vehicle or premises, receives a signal transmitted from a device located remote from the processor and the vehicle or premises. The video information is transmitted to the device on or over the Internet and/or World Wide Web in response to the signal.
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Citations
264 Claims
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1. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the processing device receives audio information recorded by at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, is located at a vehicle, and wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle, wherein the audio information is transmitted from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, is located at a vehicle, and further wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, records audio information; and
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the audio information to a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle, and further wherein the audio information is received by the processing device, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device transmits the audio information to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A monitoring method, comprising:
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receiving audio information with a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the audio information is recorded by at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the processing device from a transmitter, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, and the transmitter are located at a vehicle, and further wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle;
receiving a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the signal is received by the processing device, and further wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle; and
transmitting the audio information from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal, wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
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61. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device or server computer, wherein the processing device or server computer receives video information recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a vehicle, and wherein the processing device or server computer is located at a location remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device or server computer receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device or server computer and remote from the vehicle, wherein the video information is transmitted from the processing device or server computer to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and wherein the processing device receives video information recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a vehicle, and wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle, wherein the video information is transmitted from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a vehicle, and further wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera records video information; and
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the video information to a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle, and further wherein the video information is received by the processing device, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle, wherein the processing device transmits the video information to the communication device in response to the signal, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136)
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137. A monitoring method, comprising:
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receiving video information with a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, wherein the video information is recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the processing device from a transmitter, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera and the transmitter are located at a vehicle, and further wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the vehicle;
receiving a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the signal is received by the processing device, and further wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the vehicle; and
transmitting the video information from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal, wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (138)
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139. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the processing device receives audio information recorded by at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, is located at a premises, and wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises, wherein the processing device determines whether a transmission of the audio information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the processing device transmits the audio information to the communication device in response to the signal if the processing device determines that the transmission of the audio information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171)
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172. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, is located at a premises, and further wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, records audio information; and
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the audio information to a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises, and further wherein the audio information is received by the processing device, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises, wherein the processing device determines whether a transmission of the audio information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the processing device transmits the audio information to the communication device in response to the signal if the processing device determines that the transmission of the audio information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190)
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191. A monitoring method, comprising:
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receiving audio information with a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and further wherein the processing device is capable of providing audio information and video information, wherein the audio information is recorded by at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, and further wherein the audio information is transmitted to the processing device from a transmitter, wherein the at least one of an audio recording device, a microphone, and a tape recorder, and the transmitter are located at a premises, and further wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises;
receiving a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the signal is received by the processing device, and further wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises;
processing the signal with the processing device;
determining whether a transmission of the audio information to the communication device is authorized; and
transmitting the audio information from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal if the transmission of the audio information to the communication device is determined to be authorized, wherein the audio information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (192)
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193. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device or server computer, wherein the processing device or server computer receives video information recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a premises, and wherein the processing device or server computer is located at a location remote from the premises, wherein the processing device or server computer receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device or server computer and remote from the premises, wherein the processing device or server computer determines whether a transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the processing device or server computer transmits the video information to the communication device in response to the signal if the processing device or server computer determines that the transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (194, 195, 196, 197)
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198. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, and wherein the processing device receives video information recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a premises, and wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises, wherein the processing device determines whether a transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the processing device transmits the video information to the communication device in response to the signal if the processing device determines that the transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236)
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237. A monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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at least one of a video recording device and a camera, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera is located at a premises, and further wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera records video information; and
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the video information to a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises, and further wherein the video information is received by the processing device, wherein the processing device receives a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises, wherein the processing device determines whether a transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the processing device transmits the video information to the communication device in response to the signal if the processing device determines that the transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261)
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262. A monitoring method, comprising:
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receiving video information with a processing device, wherein the processing device is associated with a web site, wherein the video information is recorded by at least one of a video recording device and a camera, and further wherein the video information is transmitted to the processing device from a transmitter, wherein the at least one of a video recording device and a camera and the transmitter are located at a premises, and further wherein the processing device is located at a location remote from the premises;
receiving a signal transmitted from a communication device, wherein the signal is received by the processing device, and further wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the processing device and remote from the premises;
processing the signal with the processing device;
determining whether a transmission of the video information to the communication device is authorized; and
transmitting the video information from the processing device to the communication device in response to the signal if the transmission of the video information to the communication device is determined to be authorized, wherein the video information is transmitted to the communication device on or over at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web. - View Dependent Claims (263, 264)
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