Geo-location video archive system and method

• US 9,928,298 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2017
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aware Incorporated (Crowley Holdings Preferred LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Radiant Group, Inc. (Galileo Parent, Inc.)
• Inventors: Caudle, Derald E., Vitt, Joan L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholeman, Abu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ullah, Sharif E
• Application Number:
  US15/432,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20170161383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 709231, 726 2, 726 21, 726 36, 713150, 713163, 713181, 380255, 380264, 380276
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/113 Details of archiving lifecycle management in storage systems G06F3/0649; backup systems G06F11/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/71 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/787 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 : Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A system and method for recording, uploading, and archiving video recordings, including a front-end and a back-end application. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a front-end application wherein video is recorded using a mobile device. The recorded video is embedded with date, time and GPS location data. The video is stored on an online back-end database which catalogs the video according to the embedded data elements. The video may be selectively reviewed by relevant experts or emergency personnel for immediate response to the uploaded video and/or distribution to the proper parties. The video may also be archived for later review and use by any number of end-users.

Claims

1. A video archival system comprising:

a computer network capable of receiving and transmitting data;

at least three recording devices each capable of storing video and audio data;

each said at least three recording devices wirelessly tethered to a respective one of a plurality of mobile personal computing devices, each including a camera configured for collecting video data, an antenna, a processor, memory storage storing a first front-end mobile application, and a positional reference device;

said mobile personal computing devices wirelessly connected to said computer network and configured for delivering data from said mobile device to said network;

a stationary computing device including a database server with memory storage storing a second back-end mobile application, a processor, and an archive database;

said stationary computing device connected to said computer network and configured for delivering data from said mobile device to said network;

wherein video and audio data recorded by said at least three recording devices is transmitted from said plurality of multiple personal computing devices to said computer network and is received by said stationary computing device and stored in a front-end mobile application of said system stored on a remote computing device;

multiple site software installations installed on each said mobile computing device, each said site software installation configured for identifying a respective site location;

wherein data slices including said video data are transmitted from said plurality of multiple personal computing devices to said computer network and are received by said stationary computing device and stored onto said archive database in said front-end mobile application of said system;

characteristic data embedded into said video and audio data, said characteristic data capable of identifying the mobile personal computing device from which it originated;

wherein said slices are stored in said archive database based upon which mobile device said slices originated;

wherein said slices are stored such that adjacent sections of captured video-data are contiguous;

a review software application configured to access said video and audio data stored in said archive database, said review software application configured to compile said video and audio data from said at least three recording devices into a compiled record comprising a virtual three dimensional space accessible by said review software application;

a computing device including a video review back-end application wherein said video data is categorized and inspected by an expert, and results of said categorization and inspection are embedded into said video data;

said computing device video review back-end application including a determination of location via longitude and latitude using video collected from said front-end mobile application;

said computing device video review back-end application determining if the video data is within a current said site software installation and routing the video data to an appropriate third party with the location of said current site software installation; and

if said video data is not within a current site software installation, said system routing the recorded video data to a call center specialist for contacting an appropriate third party answer point jurisdiction based upon the location of the submitted video data.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein said compiled record is explorable in three dimensions;

wherein said compiled record is further explorable based upon recording time;

said computing device video review back-end application determining if the compiled record is within a current site software installation and routing the compiled record to an appropriate emergency authority with the location; and

if said video is not within a current site software installation, routing the compiled record to a call center specialist for contacting an appropriate public safety answer point jurisdiction review of the compiled record.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said video and audio data includes location via longitude and latitude.

4. The video archival system of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein said camera is capable of capturing high-resolution video data; and

wherein said high-resolution video data is stored onto said mobile personal computing device memory.

5. The video archival system of claim 4, further comprising:

said high-resolution video data recorded and stored in slices, and wherein said slices are between one and ten seconds long;

said first mobile application adapted to instruct said mobile personal computing device to transmit said slices to said computer network; and

said stationary computing device adapted to receive said slices from said computer network and store those slices onto said archive database.

6. The video archival system of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein said mobile device processor produces date-stamp and time-stamp data when said high-resolution video data is captured; and

wherein said date-stamp and time-stamp data are embedded into said high-resolution video data at the moment said video is captured.

7. The video archival system of claim 5, further comprising:

wherein said positional reference device is a global positioning system (GPS) capable of reporting geographic coordinates; and

wherein the GPS coordinates of said mobile personal computing device are embedded into said high-resolution video data at the moment said video is captured.

8. The video archival system of claim 1, further comprising:

a remote user application stored on said stationary computing device and accessible by remote users connected to said computer network; and

wherein said video data uploaded to said archive database is accessible and viewable by said users at remote locations.

9. A method of archiving data, the method comprising the steps:

wirelessly tethering each one of at least three recording devices to a respective one of a plurality of mobile personal computing devices, each said mobile personal computing device including a camera, an antenna, a processor, memory storage storing a first mobile application, and a positional reference device;

providing a stationary computing device including a database server with memory storage storing a second mobile application, a processor, and an archive database;

connecting said mobile computing devices and said stationary computing device to a computer network;

recording video and audio data with said at least three recording devices;

wirelessly transferring said recorded video and audio data from said at least three recording devices to said plurality of mobile personal computing devices;

transmitting said video and audio data from said mobile devices to said computer network;

receiving said mobile data from said computer network with said stationary computing device;

storing said video and audio data onto said archive database;

accessing said video and audio data with a review software application;

compiling said video and audio data into a compiled record comprising a virtual three dimensional space based upon longitude and latitude data associated with said video and audio data;

accessing said compiled record data and exploring said virtual three dimensional space with said stationary computing device;

said stationary computing device including a review back-end application wherein said compiled record is categorized and inspected by an expert, and results of said categorization and inspection are embedded into said compiled record;

said computing device video review back-end application including a determination of location via longitude and latitude using video collected from said front-end mobile application;

said computing device video review back-end application determining if the compiled record is within a current site software installation, routing the compiled record to an appropriate third party with the location; and

if said video and audio data is not within a current site software installation, routing the compiled record to a call center specialist for contacting an appropriate third party answer point jurisdiction for review.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein each said recording device is capable of capturing high-resolution video data, the method further comprising the step:

storing high-resolution video data onto said mobile personal computing device memory.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps:

transmitting said high-resolution video data from said mobile device in a plurality of slices, wherein each slice contains between one and ten seconds of video data; and

storing said slices onto said archive database.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps:

embedding characteristic data into said slices, said characteristic data identifying the mobile personal computing device from which said slice originated;

storing said slices in said archive database based upon which mobile device said slices originated; and

storing said slices such that adjacent portions of captured video-data are contiguous.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps:

producing date-stamp and time-stamp data at the time said high-resolution video is captured; and

embedding said date-stamp and time-stamp data into said high-resolution video data.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said positional reference device is a global positioning system (GPS) capable of reporting geographic coordinates, the method further comprising the steps:

producing GPS coordinates using said positional reference device; and

embedding said GPS coordinates into said high-resolution video data.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps:

providing a video review application capable of accessing said high-resolution video data;

providing access to said video review application to an expert;

receiving categorization and inspection data from said expert; and

embedding said categorization and inspection data into said high-resolution video data.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps;

providing a remote user application;

storing said remote user application onto said stationary computing device memory storage;

providing access to said remote user application to a plurality of remote users; and

allowing stored high-resolution video data to be viewed by said remote users via said user application.

17. A video archival system comprising:

a computer network capable of receiving and transmitting data;

a recording device capable of storing video and audio data;

said recording device wirelessly tethered to a mobile personal computing device and including a camera configured for collecting video data, an antenna, a processor, memory storage storing a first front-end mobile application, and a positional reference device;

said mobile personal computing device wirelessly connected to said computer network and configured for delivering data from said mobile device to said network;

a stationary computing device including a database server with memory storage storing a second back-end mobile application, a processor, and an archive database;

said stationary computing device connected to said computer network and configured for delivering data from said mobile device to said network;

wherein video and audio data recorded by said recording device is transmitted from said mobile personal computing device to said computer network and is received by said stationary computing device and stored in a front-end mobile application of said system stored on a remote computing device;

a site software installation installed on said mobile computing device configured for identifying a respective site location;

wherein data slices including said video data are transmitted from said personal computing device to said computer network and are received by said stationary computing device and stored onto said archive database in said front-end mobile application of said system;

characteristic data embedded into said video and audio data, said characteristic data capable of identifying said mobile personal computing device;

wherein said slices are stored in said archive database based upon said mobile device;

wherein said slices are stored such that adjacent sections of captured video-data are contiguous;

a review software application configured to access said video and audio data stored in said archive database, said review software application configured to compile said video and audio data from said recording device into a compiled record accessible by said review software application;

a computing device including a video review back-end application wherein said video data is categorized and inspected by an expert, and results of said categorization and inspection are embedded into said video data;

said computing device video review back-end application including a determination of location via longitude and latitude using video collected from said front-end mobile application;

said computing device video review back-end application determining if the video data is within a current said site software installation and routing the video data to an appropriate third party with the location of said current site software installation;

if said video data is not within a current site software installation, said system routing the recorded video data to a call center specialist for contacting an appropriate third party answer point jurisdiction based upon the location of the submitted video data;

a remote user application stored on said stationary computing device and accessible by remote users connected to said computer network;

wherein said video data uploaded to said archive database is accessible and viewable by said remote users;

said remote user application including an interactive map display configured to overlay a notification of said archived video data at said longitude and latitude location of said video data on said interactive map;

said interactive map notification being configured for displaying said archived video data when activated by one of said remote users; and

said interactive map further including a current weather radar overlay.