Method for video monitoring objects by means of a mobile communications systems

• US 7,787,862 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2003
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Mossakowski, Gerd
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US10/522,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20070091166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,590 Days
• Field of Search: 370/241, 370/348, 455/411, 455/435, 455/566, 348/152, 348/211.2, 348/154, 348/143, 348/333.01, 340/568.1, 375/240.1, 382/232
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for video object monitoring with a mobile communication system, whereby a connection between a transmitter provided with a video camera and at least one receiver is established for transmitting video data over the mobile communication system.

To ensure that the video data transmitted by the transmitter can only be received by authorized receivers, the invention provides that before or while the connection is set up, a device of the mobile communication system checks, if the receiver is authorized to receive video data from the transmitter.

Claims

1. A method for video object monitoring with a mobile communication system, wherein for transmitting video data via the mobile communication system a connection is set up between a transmitter provided with a video camera and at least one receiver, the method comprising the steps of

before or while the connection is set up, checking by a device of the mobile communication system if the receiver is authorized to receive video data from the transmitter, and

checking that a subscriber relationship (8, 9) of the mobile communication system and/or a temporary IP address is associated with a corresponding transmitter and receiver, wherein the two subscriber relationships and/or the IP addresses are linked in a database of the operator (11) of the mobile communication system,

checking authorization of the receiver for receiving the video data from the transmitter, based on the linked data,

storing information about an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI) and/or a mobile subscriber telephone number (MSISDN) and/or an IP address assigned to the transmitter and the receiver in the database, and

setting up a connection between transmitter and receiver by dialing the associated mobile subscriber telephone number (MSISDN) or an IP address.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of storing routing rules for transmitting video data between the transmitter and receiver in the database.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of requiring a corresponding subscriber identification module SIM (5, 6) of the mobile communication system for operating the transmitter and the receiver.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of controlling access to the mobile communication system in the form of an identification and authentication of the transmitter and the receiver based on the data stored on the subscriber identification module (5, 6).

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting up a connection or transmitting data only upon a request from the transmitter and/or the receiver.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting up a connection or transmitting data between transmitter and receiver only based on a triggering event.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the triggering event is detection of movement by a motion sensor or a regularly scheduled time interval.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting audio data and/or data from sensors located on the transmitter-side in addition to the video data.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of implementing the mobile communication system as a GSM or UMTS mobile communication system.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the video data in form of transmission protocols that are standardized for use in the mobile communication system.

11. A device for video object monitoring with a mobile communication system, comprising

a transmitter provided with a video camera for recording video data,

at least one receiver capable of receiving the video data, the mobile communication system for transmitting the video data between the transmitter and the receiver,

a database of the mobile communication system for linking two subscriber relationships and/or IP addresses, and

a device (10) for checking, based on the data stored in the database, if a subscriber relationship (8, 9) of the mobile communication system and/or IP address associated with the transmitter and the receiver are linked;

and if the receiver is authorized to receive the video data from the transmitter, wherein information about an international mobile subscriber identification (IMSI) and/or a mobile subscriber telephone number (MSISDN) and/or an IP address assigned to the transmitter and the receiver is stored in the database, and wherein a connection is set up between the transmitter and the receiver by dialing the associated mobile subscriber telephone number (MSISDN) or an IP address.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein routing rules for transmitting video data between the transmitter and receiver is stored in the database.

13. The device in accordance with claim 11, wherein a connection or transmitting data between transmitter and receiver is set up only based on a triggering event.

14. The device in accordance with claim 13, wherein the triggering event is detection of movement by a motion sensor or a regularly scheduled time interval.