Controlled Neighborhood Sharing of A/V Footage with Model Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing A/V devices limit the ability to enhance public safety by restricting video footage accessibility to the device owner, hindering the sharing of potentially critical or interesting footage with neighbors and friends/family, and failing to encourage neighborhood-wide adoption of such devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a neighborhood alert system that shares video footage along with a model identifier, allowing users to purchase corresponding devices with potential discounts, thereby encouraging device adoption and enhancing neighborhood safety through increased footage contribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If video footage is restricted to device owner only, then device security and privacy are improved, but neighborhood safety enhancement and device adoption are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments access rights to video footage by creating different access levels: the device owner retains full control and privacy, while selectively granting limited access to neighbors and friends/family. This segmentation allows the system to simultaneously maintain security for the owner and enable safety enhancement for the neighborhood through controlled sharing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If video footage sharing is enabled with neighbors, then neighborhood safety is improved, but device complexity and information management are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that manages the complexity of video footage sharing. The server handles user registration, device identification through model identifiers, access permissions, and video distribution. This intermediary absorbs the management complexity, allowing the actual A/V devices to remain simple while enabling sophisticated neighborhood-wide sharing capabilities.
3Productivity
If A/V device model identifier is shared, then device adoption through targeted discounts is improved, but information privacy is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by sharing the device model identifier selectively and locally within the neighborhood context rather than globally. The model identifier is shared only with nearby users who might be interested in purchasing similar devices, not with the entire internet. This localized information sharing achieves the goal of promoting device adoption while minimizing privacy loss by limiting the scope of information dissemination.
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AI summary
Sharing video footage having audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device (A/V device) model identifiers in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for communicating in a network is provided, the method comprising receiving, from a first audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device (A/V device), at one or more servers in network communication with the first A/V device, first image data captured by a camera of the first A/V device; receiving, from a first client device associated with the first A/V device, at the server(s), a command to share the first image data with a network of users; determining a model identifier associated with the first A/V device; and transmitting the first image data and the model identifier associated with the first A/V device to a second client device of at least one user of the network of users.