Automated Authorization to Access Surveillance Video Based on Pre-Specified Events
First Claim
1. A digital data processing system for managing access to surveillance video, comprising:
- at least one processor;
a memory;
at least one network adapter for communicating over at least one network with at least one requesting device;
a video access authorization function embodied as a plurality of instructions recordable in said memory and executable on said at least one processor, said video access authorization function accessing at least one previously recorded authorization record responsive to a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a surveillance domain in real-time to determine whether access by the requestor is authorized, said at least one previously recorded authorization record including a conditional authorization record specifying at least one automatically detectable condition for granting, to a remote requestor not having unconditional real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain, real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain;
wherein, responsive to receiving a request on behalf of said requestor to access surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain in real-time, said video access authorization function determines whether said at least one automatically detectable condition for granting access is met, and responsive to determining that said at least one automatically detectable condition is met, automatically authorizes real-time access by said requestor to the requested surveillance video.
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Abstract
Real-time access by a requestor to surveillance video is conditionally pre-authorized dependent on the existence of at least one pre-specified automatically detectable condition, and recorded in a data processing system. A requestor subsequently requests real-time access to the surveillance video (e.g., as a result of an alarm), and if the pre-specified automatically detectable condition is met, access is automatically granted, i.e., without the need for manual intervention. An automatically detectable condition could, e.g., be an alarm condition detected by a sensor at the site of the video surveillance. Alternatively, it could be a locational proximity of the requestor to the site of the video surveillance. Alternatively, it could be a previously defined time interval.
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1. A digital data processing system for managing access to surveillance video, comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory; at least one network adapter for communicating over at least one network with at least one requesting device; a video access authorization function embodied as a plurality of instructions recordable in said memory and executable on said at least one processor, said video access authorization function accessing at least one previously recorded authorization record responsive to a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a surveillance domain in real-time to determine whether access by the requestor is authorized, said at least one previously recorded authorization record including a conditional authorization record specifying at least one automatically detectable condition for granting, to a remote requestor not having unconditional real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain, real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain; wherein, responsive to receiving a request on behalf of said requestor to access surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain in real-time, said video access authorization function determines whether said at least one automatically detectable condition for granting access is met, and responsive to determining that said at least one automatically detectable condition is met, automatically authorizes real-time access by said requestor to the requested surveillance video. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable media for managing access to video surveillance data, said computer program product comprising instructions executable on at least one data processing system which cause the at least one data processing system to perform:
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responsive to receiving in said at least one data processing system a request on behalf of a remote requestor to access surveillance video generated by a surveillance domain in real-time, said requestor not having unconditional real-time access to said surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain, (a) automatically accessing a conditional authorization record in said at least one data processing system, said conditional authorization record recording at least one pre-specified automatically detectable condition for granting, to said requestor, real-time access to surveillance video generated by said surveillance domain, and (b) automatically determining whether said at least one pre-specified automatically detectable condition for granting access is met; and responsive to determining that said at least one pre-specified automatically detectable condition is met, automatically authorizing real-time access by said requestor to the requested surveillance video. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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