Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Accessing Home Surveillance Data by Remote Devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-10-01
IPDATATEL LLC
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[0022]The invention solves problems in the field of home security and more particularly in apparatus and methods for facilitating communicating home surveillance data, epitomized by home video camera data, over the Internet to remote user devices upon remote user device request. An objective of the invention is to provide the cost effective, reliable communication of the home surveillance data without req

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As stated above, performing pre-configurations or port forwarding is specific to each home router and can represent a high cost in time and training for installers, requir

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[0038]The drawings are primarily illustrative. It would be understood that structure may have been simplified and details omitted in order to convey certain aspects of the invention. Scale may be sacrificed to clarity.

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[0039]Preferred Video Streaming from an IP Camera, for example, to a Smart Gateway and, by UDP Hole Punch, through a Home Router and Over the Internet to a Remote User Device upon User Device Request

Preferred Requirements:

IP Camera HSD

[0040]A camera capable of supplying a video stream over an IP network, in response to an IP request. Customer Premises Home Router CR

[0041]A router at the customer premises which does the following:[0042]Connects to the Internet[0043]Performs Network Address Translation for connecting devices connected to a Local Area Network at the Customer Premises with the Internet.

[0044]There are no other special requirements upon the Customer Premises Router. E.g., the router is not required to perform por...

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Method and apparatus for facilitating accessing home surveillance device data, preferably an IP camera video stream, by a remote user device at the remote user device's instigation, over the Internet through a home router, the facilitating including incorporating a smart gateway in local communication with the home router and in persistent or intermittent communication with a remote Internet server to facilitate communication of data over the Internet at the remote user device's request through direct communication between the remote user device and the smart gateway, the smart gateway in local communication with the home surveillance device such as an IP camera, the direct communication facilitated by a “hole punch” type of technique.

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[0001]This invention relates to and claims priority to the co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 972,602, filed Mar. 31, 2014, entitled Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Providing Home Surveillance Device Data to Remote Devices, having inventors Russell S. Vail, Michael R. Miller, Byron L. Hoffman, and Eric R. Lachney. The content of the referenced co-pending provisional application is herein and hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention is directed to the home security space and more particularly, in a preferred aspect, to the installation of a remote server on the Internet and a smart gateway in communication with a home router on a home premises, in order to provide a cost effective method and system for conveying preferably live home security data, such as IP camera data, to remote user devices upon a remote user device's request. (Home as used herein means residence or small business. The home router is also referred...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/927H04L29/08H04L29/12H04L29/06H04W8/24H04L47/80
CPCH04L47/806H04L65/607H04L67/02H04L67/42H04L61/2007H04W8/245H04L61/103H04L61/2553H04L61/2567H04L61/2514H04L65/1026H04W40/00H04L67/025
Inventor HOFFMAN, BYRON L.LACHNEY, ERIC R.MILLER, MICHAEL R.VAIL, RUSSELL S.
Owner IPDATATEL LLC
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