A/V Doorbell Cloud Sharing and Secondary Device Status Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices, such as doorbells, limit the sharing of video footage to only the device owner, restricting their ability to alert neighbors or friends to potential dangers and preventing effective community crime prevention.
Innovation Solution
Enhancing A/V recording and communication devices to enable easy sharing of video footage with neighbors, friends, and family by uploading it to the cloud, along with the option to share status information of secondary devices like smart door locks or alarm systems, allowing recipients to receive alerts and change device statuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If video footage is shared only with device owner, then device security is maintained, but community crime prevention capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments video footage access rights by creating different sharing levels: private sharing with specific individuals and public sharing with the community. This allows the system to maintain security for sensitive operations while enabling broader access for crime prevention, resolving the contradiction between restricted access and community-wide utility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based server as an intermediary that manages video footage storage and distribution. This intermediary enables secure controlled sharing with specific users while also allowing public access to relevant footage, thus maintaining device security protocols while enabling community crime prevention capabilities
2Adaptability or versatility
If video footage is uploaded to cloud, then sharing capability is improved, but data transmission time is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-uploading video footage to cloud storage immediately upon capture. This ensures that footage is already available in the cloud when sharing is needed, eliminating delays associated with real-time upload during sharing operations and enabling rapid distribution to multiple users simultaneously
3Adaptability or versatility
If status information of secondary devices is shared, then community awareness is improved, but information privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing selective sharing of status information from secondary devices based on location and relevance. Only status information from devices in relevant locations or pertaining to specific events is shared with the community, while other sensitive information remains private, thus improving community awareness without compromising unnecessary information privacy
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AI summary
Systems and methods for communicating in a network using share signals in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for communicating in a network may include receiving, from a first client device, a share signal including image data captured by a camera of a first audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device; transmitting, to a second A/V recording and communication device, a secondary device state request signal; receiving, from the second A/V recording and communication device a secondary device update signal that includes a status of the at least one secondary device in network communication with the second A/V recording and communication device; and generating and transmitting an alert to a second client device associated with the second A/V recording and communication device, wherein the alert includes the image data and the status of the at least one secondary device.