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Video monitoring and alarm verification technology

  • US 8,937,661 B1
  • Filed: 08/18/2014
  • Issued: 01/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing a first connection between a mobile device and a camera located in a monitored property associated with a user of the mobile device, the mobile device being located outside of the monitored property;

    receiving, over the first connection and at the mobile device, video captured by the camera located in the monitored property associated with the user of the mobile device;

    detecting that the received video has not been acknowledged at the mobile device within a first period of time from receipt;

    providing an alert indicating that the received video will be automatically shared in a second period of time;

    monitoring for a response to the provided alert;

    based on the monitoring, determining that no response to the provided alert has been received within the second period of time;

    automatically, without user input, sharing the received video based on the determination that no response to the provided alert has been received within the second period of time by;

    determining, at the mobile device, to establish a second connection with a second device that enables sharing of the received video with the second device;

    in response to the determination to establish the second connection with the second device that enables sharing of the received video with the second device, establishing the second connection between the mobile device and the second device; and

    sharing, by the mobile device over the second connection, the received video with the second device.

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