SHARING VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• US 20180101735A1
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Published: 04/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ring Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lemberger, Elliott, Harpole, Aaron, Troughton, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,650,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/19 by using information detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• 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 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 : Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Video footage captured by A/V recording and communication devices may be readily uploaded to the cloud and shared with a requesting party, such as a law enforcement agency. When a request is received from a requesting party for video footage, videos meeting the criteria specified by the requesting party may be determined. Consent requests may then be sent to users associated with each of the A/V recording and communication devices that recorded the videos meeting the criteria specified by the requesting party. When user consents to share the videos, the videos may be provided to the requesting party.

Claims

1. A computer program product, embodied in code executable by a processor, which when executed causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

causing a graphical user interface (GUI) to be displayed on a display, the GUI configured for requesting image data from at least an authorized audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device and a third-party A/V recording and communication device;

receiving a first input indicating a first location;

based on the receiving of the first input, causing a map of an area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI;

transmitting, using the communication module, the first location to a network device;

based on the transmitting the first location receiving, using the communication module and from the network device, a second location associated with the authorized A/V recording and communication device and a third location associated with the third-party A/V recording and communication device;

in response to the receiving of the second location and the third location, causing the second location associated with the authorized A/V recording and communication device and the third location associated with the third-party A/V recording and communication device to be displayed on the map;

receiving a second input indicative of an image data request, the image data request including a specified time window and a request for first image data from the authorized A/V recording and communication device and second image data from the third-party A/V recording and communication device;

based on the receiving of the second input, transmitting, using the communication module, the image data request to the network device; and

in response to the transmitting of the image data request, receiving, using the communication module and from the network device, the first image data generated by the authorized A/V recording and communication device and the second image data generated by the third-party A/V recording and communication device during the specified time window.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

based on the receiving of the first image data and the second image data, causing a first indication associated with the first image data and a second indication associated with the second image data to be displayed on the map.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third input selecting the first indication; and

based on the receiving of the third input, causing the first image data to be displayed on the GUI.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein:

the receiving of the first input indicating the first location comprises receiving the first input indicating an address; and

the causing of the map of the area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI comprises causing the map of the area that is associated with the address to be displayed on the GUI.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

causing a first icon that indicates the first location to be displayed on the map;

causing a second icon that indicates the second location associated with the authorized A/V recording and communication device to be displayed on the map; and

causing a third icon that indicates the third location associated with the third-party A/V recording and communication device to be displayed on the map.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third input indicative of a specified area for retrieving image data from A/V recording and communication devices;

based on the receiving the third input, causing the specified area to be displayed on the map; and

transmitting, using the communication module, the specified area to the network device,

wherein the receiving of the second location and the third location is based on the second location and the third location being within the specified area.

7. A method implemented by a client device that includes a display, a communication module, and a processor, the method comprising:

causing, by the processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) to be displayed on the display, the GUI for requesting image data;

receiving, by the processor, a first input indicating a first location;

based on the receiving of the first input, causing, by the processor, a map of an area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI;

receiving, by the processor and using the communication module, first location data for a video device;

based on the first location data, causing, by the processor, a second location associated with the video device to be displayed on the map;

receiving, by the processor, a second input indicative of a selection of the video device;

in response to receiving the second input, transmitting, by the processor and using the communication module, an image data request for image data generated by the video device; and

based on the transmitting of the image data request, receiving, by the processor and using the communication module, the image data generated by the video device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a third input selecting the indication; and

based on the receiving of the third input, causing, by the processor, the image data to be displayed on the GUI.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the receiving of the first input indicating the first location comprises receiving, by the processor, the first input indicating an address; and

the causing of the map of the area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI comprises causing, by the processor, the map of the area that is associated with the address to be displayed on the GUI.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

causing, by the processor, a first icon that indicates the first location to be displayed on the map; and

causing, by the processor, a second icon that indicates the second location to be displayed on the map.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a third input indicative of a specified area for retrieving image data from A/V recording and communication devices;

based on the receiving the third input, causing, by the processor, the specified area to be displayed on the map,

wherein the causing of the second location associated with the video device to be displayed on the map is further based on the second location being within the specified area.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a third input indicating a specified time window,

wherein the image data request indicates the specified time window for the image data.

13. A computer program product, embodied in code executable by a processor, which when executed causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

causing a graphical user interface (GUI) to be displayed on the display, the GUI for requesting image data;

receiving a first input indicating a first location;

based on the receiving of the first input, causing a map of an area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI;

receiving, using the communication module, first location data for a video device;

based on the first location data, causing a second location associated with the video device to be displayed on the map;

receiving a second input indicative of a selection of the video device;

in response to receiving the second input, transmitting, using the communication module, an image data request for image data generated by the video device; and

based on the transmitting of the image data request, receiving, using the communication module, the image data generated by the video device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

based on the receiving of the image data, causing an indication associated with the image data to be displayed on the GUI.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third input selecting the indication; and

based on the receiving of the third input, causing the image data to be displayed on the GUI.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein:

receiving the first input indicating the first location comprises receiving the first input indicating an address; and

causing the map of the area that is associated with the first location to be displayed on the GUI comprise causing the map of the area that is associated with the address to be displayed on the GUI.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

causing a first icon that indicates the first location to be displayed on the map; and

causing a second icon that indicates the second location to be displayed on the map.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third input indicative of a specified area for retrieving image data from A/V recording and communication devices;

based on the receiving the third input, causing the specified area to be displayed on the map,

wherein the causing of the second location associated with the video device to be displayed on the map is further based on the second location being within the specified area.

19. The computer program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third input indicating a specified time window,

wherein the image data request indicates the specified time window for the image data.

20. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the image data comprises first image data, and wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, using the communication module, second location data for an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device;

based on the second location data, causing a third location associated with the A/V recording and communication device to be displayed on the map;

receiving a third input indicative of a selection of the A/V recording and communication device;

in response to receiving the third input, transmitting, using the communication module, a second image data request for second image data generated by the A/V recording and communication device; and

based on the transmitting of the second image data request, receiving, using the communication module, the second image data generated by the A/V recording and communication device.